Windows on Retina display shows up icons too small

Hi. I've recently installed bootcamp because I have to use a software that is specifically for Windows (Autodesk 3ds Max, pictured). When I tried to use the actual program, I find that the icons and the contents are displayed according to Apple's spectacular retina display. Yes, I love high resolution, but in this size... I can't really make out what they say nor click them accurately if I'm looking from a distance. Anyone knows how to make these icons and text bigger?

that doesn't work. Boot camp works so that normally other icons and texts are big enough to be seen from afar. As you can see, the menu bar and the tool bar got changed to appropriate sizes. But other buttons (the polygon buttons on the left and content on the right. Not to mention the timeline bar below) did not get that increase. Though this is specific to an autodesk product, I think this question belongs more here, as it is about compatibility of applications on bootcamp

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