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how to resize DESKTOP icon sizes only?

#1 User is offline   Gregor 

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Posted 07 September 2002 - 01:06 AM

i want to change the size of DESKTOP ICONS only in Windows XP.


please help,

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Posted 10 April 2006 - 10:09 AM



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#3 User is offline   American Zombie 

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Posted 10 April 2006 - 12:12 PM

Not sure you can do just the desktop icons.

Open up registry editor then navigate to the following:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics

In the right side of the panes you want to edit the following value: Shell Icon Size

The value for it is pixels so 16 will be smaller icons while 32
will be larger.

Reboot for the change to take affect.

***You should backup the key before you start modifying***
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#4 User is offline   felix 

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Posted 10 April 2006 - 01:45 PM

Right click your desktop.

Properties >> appearance >> advanced >> (dropdown item box) >> icon

then change size in the size drop down box to what ever you like. You can also adjust the icon spacing here too.
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Posted 10 April 2006 - 09:17 PM

Unless you are using "Windows Classic" setting that does not always work as those buttons will be greyed out.

From advanced tab:
Quote:
If you select a windows and buttons setting other then Windows Classic, it will override the following setting, except in some older programs

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