Windows

Q: I have issues with my high resolution display. What can I do?
You have to change the "compatibility settings" for JabRef to "Disable scaling for high DPI settings". Further information is available at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/windows-scaling-issues-for-high-dpi-devices-508483cd-7c59-0d08-12b0-960b99aa347d​
Further reading: https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/415 and http://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-3-6-on-hires-laptop-screen-messed-up/277.
Q: How can I use JabRef as backend for Microsoft Word?
You can directly use the references in Word's internal reference manager. Short explanation: Export your bibliography in XML format and replace the Sources.xml in %APPDATA%\Roaming\Microsoft\Bibliography. Long explanation: check out Export to Microsoft Word. Also, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PpLZTol9_o for a video explaining how to add and how to cite references in a Word document.
Another option is to use Bibtex4Word. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j3g4wfdM00 for a video explaining the usage.
The last option is to use Docear4Word, which is planned to be ported to JabRef (see JabRef4Word).
Q: How can I start or focus JabRef with hotkey ⊞+J (Win+J)?
Use AutoHotkey and JabRef.ahk provided at koppor's autohotkey scripts.
Q: I get WARNING: Could not open/create prefs root node Software\JavaSoft\Prefs at root 0x80000002. Windows RegCreateKeyEx(...) returned error code 5.
Start regedit and create the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Prefs. [source]
Q: Where can I find JabRef's log files?
A: On Windows, one finds the log files in %APPDATA%\..\Local\org.jabref\jabref\Logs\{version}. {version} indicates the currently used JabRef version.

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