Acrobat X interface is pixelated - how to fix?

Hi,
I recently upgraded my computer to Windows 8.1 and installed Acrobat CS6 including Acrobat X (10.1.13). I have a bizarre problem. The entire interface looks pixelated: the menus, contents of PDF files, everything. Playing around with the settings under Preferences/Page Display doesn't help. For instance, changing the screen resolution has no effect other than to re-size the document that's open, and when I zoom it back to a reasonable size it has exactly the same pixelation problem.
I have a 30" Dell 3007WFP monitor and a Radeon X1650 graphics card, resolution 2560 X 1600. I also have a second monitor (LG Ultrawide) and things look a bit better on that, but not as good as I'd like. (I can't figure out the resolution on this monitor - Windows says it's also 2560 x 1080, but I don't think that's right. The screen is much wider than the Dell.)
I didn't have this problem with Windows 7, but that was with an earlier version of Acrobat as well.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

I think I've figured out how to solve this pixelation problem. Apparently the problem is not specific to Acrobat, but can arise with some older programs that weren't designed for Windows 8 (see more here). The solution is to follow the steps outlined in that link: pin Acrobat to the task bar, right click and select Properties and then the Compatibility tab, then make sure the box next to "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" is checked. Voila, now the Acrobat 10 interface appears in beautiful high resolution.
I hope this helps anyone who might have this problem down the road!

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