Small icons


  1. Posts : 10
    win 7 home 32
       #1

    Small icons


    Hello
    How can i make the icons on the desktop small - i mean very small...?
    In win xp that was easy but i havent found out how to do it in
    win 7.....


    Grettings grok
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  2. ie9
    Posts : 736
    Windows 7 Ultimate (SP1)
       #2

    If you have a mouse with a middle scroll wheel you can highlight the icons, hold down control, and scroll down.

    If not, then you can right click on the desktop > go to view > and select icon size
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  3. Posts : 2,578
    Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2)
       #3

    Right-click your Desktop to open Personalize. Select: Window Color and Appearance, and click on the Advanced button. In the Item drop-down menu, there are several Icon options that might affect the size of the Desktop icons. Try experimenting with all of the settings for: Icon, Icon Spacing Horizontal and Icon Spacing Vertical.
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  4. Posts : 2,009
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86
       #4

    Like Ie9 said: Click on the Desktop and scroll your mouse wheel while pressing the CTRL-key that gives you all possible icon sizes.

    -DG
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  5. Posts : 2,578
    Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2)
       #5

    SledgeDG said:
    Like Ie9 said: Click on the Desktop and scroll your mouse wheel while pressing the CTRL-key that gives you all possible icon sizes.

    -DG
    Assuming groknet has a mouse. . . and assuming if he/she has a mouse, that the mouse has a mouse wheel.
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  6. Posts : 2,009
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86
       #6

    Assuming we're in the 21st century now and a computer without a mouse is more likely something like a Cray or at least an AS-400 and doesn't have icons to worry about.
    Cool down, Buddy I didn't say your solution was wrong...The Mouse wheel method is just simpler than digging through advanced options

    -DG
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  7. Posts : 2,578
    Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2)
       #7

    I appreciate that SledgeDog, and it's not about "right" or "wrong" -- it's just that many people prefer a smaller mouse with no wheel, and in addition to that, most laptops have a built in touchpad/mouse --- so there's no stand alone mouse or wheel at all. So a solution that excludes the possibility of any of those, doesn't really do the OP justice.
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  8. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #8

    You guys are fighting over a red herring. Btw: I never use a mouse - just a keyboard with a scrollball, hate mices. But the keyboard has a wheel too.
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  9. Posts : 10
    win 7 home 32
    Thread Starter
       #9

    lol


    lol

    Well i do have a mouse with wheel and that method works very good :)
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  10. Posts : 2,578
    Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2)
       #10

    groknet said:
    lol

    Well i do have a mouse with wheel and that method works very good :)
    I'm glad that your problem has been solved, and I hope we've offered some help also to those with the same problem who don't have a mouse with a wheel. :)
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