Change display resolution using power shell - Windows 11

[CharuSachindu]

Native resolution of the display is 1920 x 1080. I want to change resolution between 1920x1080 and 1366x768.

Function Set-ScreenResolution { 
 
<# 
    .Synopsis 
        Sets the Screen Resolution of the primary monitor 
    .Description 
        Uses Pinvoke and ChangeDisplaySettings Win32API to make the change 
    .Example 
        Set-ScreenResolution -Width 1024 -Height 768    -Freq 60         
    #> 
param ( 
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, 
           Position = 0)] 
[int] 
$Width, 
 
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, 
           Position = 1)] 
[int] 
$Height, 

[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, 
           Position = 2)] 
[int] 
$Freq
) 
 
$pinvokeCode = @" 
 
using System; 
using System.Runtime.InteropServices; 
 
namespace Resolution 
{ 
 
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] 
    public struct DEVMODE1 
    { 
        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 32)] 
        public string dmDeviceName; 
        public short dmSpecVersion; 
        public short dmDriverVersion; 
        public short dmSize; 
        public short dmDriverExtra; 
        public int dmFields; 
 
        public short dmOrientation; 
        public short dmPaperSize; 
        public short dmPaperLength; 
        public short dmPaperWidth; 
 
        public short dmScale; 
        public short dmCopies; 
        public short dmDefaultSource; 
        public short dmPrintQuality; 
        public short dmColor; 
        public short dmDuplex; 
        public short dmYResolution; 
        public short dmTTOption; 
        public short dmCollate; 
        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 32)] 
        public string dmFormName; 
        public short dmLogPixels; 
        public short dmBitsPerPel; 
        public int dmPelsWidth; 
        public int dmPelsHeight; 
 
        public int dmDisplayFlags; 
        public int dmDisplayFrequency; 
 
        public int dmICMMethod; 
        public int dmICMIntent; 
        public int dmMediaType; 
        public int dmDitherType; 
        public int dmReserved1; 
        public int dmReserved2; 
 
        public int dmPanningWidth; 
        public int dmPanningHeight; 
    }; 
 
 
 
    class User_32 
    { 
        [DllImport("user32.dll")] 
        public static extern int EnumDisplaySettings(string deviceName, int modeNum, ref DEVMODE1 devMode); 
        [DllImport("user32.dll")] 
        public static extern int ChangeDisplaySettings(ref DEVMODE1 devMode, int flags); 
 
        public const int ENUM_CURRENT_SETTINGS = -1; 
        public const int CDS_UPDATEREGISTRY = 0x01; 
        public const int CDS_TEST = 0x02; 
        public const int DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL = 0; 
        public const int DISP_CHANGE_RESTART = 1; 
        public const int DISP_CHANGE_FAILED = -1; 
    } 
 
 
 
    public class PrmaryScreenResolution 
    { 
        static public string ChangeResolution(int width, int height, int freq) 
        { 
 
            DEVMODE1 dm = GetDevMode1(); 
 
            if (0 != User_32.EnumDisplaySettings(null, User_32.ENUM_CURRENT_SETTINGS, ref dm)) 
            { 
 
                dm.dmPelsWidth = width; 
                dm.dmPelsHeight = height; 
                dm.dmDisplayFrequency = freq;
 
                int iRet = User_32.ChangeDisplaySettings(ref dm, User_32.CDS_TEST); 
 
                if (iRet == User_32.DISP_CHANGE_FAILED) 
                { 
                    return "Unable to process your request. Sorry for this inconvenience."; 
                } 
                else 
                { 
                    iRet = User_32.ChangeDisplaySettings(ref dm, User_32.CDS_UPDATEREGISTRY); 
                    switch (iRet) 
                    { 
                        case User_32.DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL: 
                            { 
                                return "Success"; 
                            } 
                        case User_32.DISP_CHANGE_RESTART: 
                            { 
                                return "You need to reboot for the change to happen.\n If you feel any problems after rebooting your machine\nThen try to change resolution in Safe Mode."; 
                            } 
                        default: 
                            { 
                                return "Failed to change the resolution"; 
                            } 
                    } 
 
                } 
 
 
            } 
            else 
            { 
                return "Failed to change the resolution."; 
            } 
        } 
 
        private static DEVMODE1 GetDevMode1() 
        { 
            DEVMODE1 dm = new DEVMODE1(); 
            dm.dmDeviceName = new String(new char[32]); 
            dm.dmFormName = new String(new char[32]); 
            dm.dmSize = (short)Marshal.SizeOf(dm); 
            return dm; 
        } 
    } 
} 
 
"@ 
 
Add-Type $pinvokeCode -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue 
[Resolution.PrmaryScreenResolution]::ChangeResolution($width,$height,$freq) 
} 
Set-ScreenResolution -Width 1920 -Height 1080 -Freq 144

This is the code i used. created 2 files with only the resolution (width & height) in the last line changed for 1920x1080 and 1366x768.

For about two weeks it worked fine. recently only changing to 1366x768 from 1920x1080 works. when i try to change back to 1920x1080 powershell briefly shows failed to change resolution. changing resolution from windows settings works.

 

Does anyone know the problem and how to fix it?