Align icons to grid for desktop icons: Grid is offset


  1. Matias
    Posts : 12
    Windows 7
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    Align icons to grid for desktop icons: Grid is offset


    Spacing between the left of the screen and icons: Normal
    Spacing between the upper part of the screen and icons: Normal
    Spacing between the right of the screen and icons: Big
    Spacing between the lower part of the screen (taskbar) and icons: Bigger

    There are gaps between the sides of the screen and my icons. What's going on?
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  3. Darryl Licht
    Posts : 1,939
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition
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    Sorry to hear you are having problems Matias!

    What monitor and what resolution are you running currently? Might be the wrong resolution...

    Might be incorrect drivers...
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  4. derekimo
    Posts : 17,322
    Win 10 Pro x64
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    Can you post a screenshot of what you're talkng about,

    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...en-forums.html
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  6. Matias
    Posts : 12
    Windows 7
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    Screenshot attached. Looks ridiculous.

    Running at 1280x800 (recommended) at 12.1" laptop display. Running default GPU driver. Will upgrade if no better suggestions.

    Edit: Bug seems to happen when running custom text size (DPI) bigger than default of 100 %.
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  7. not so gray matter
    Posts : 1,506
    W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
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    The only thing I can recommend is updating your drivers, I don't think that is abnormal when changing text size though.
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  8. Darryl Licht
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition
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    Matias said:
    Screenshot attached. Looks ridiculous.

    Running at 1280x800 (recommended) at 12.1" laptop display. Running default GPU driver. Will upgrade if no better suggestions.

    Edit: Bug seems to happen when running custom text size (DPI) bigger than default of 100 %.
    I dont know about ridiculous...but it is odd. What happens if you manually move the icons? Do they go all the way to the edge? OR?

    What does device manager ID your display/video card as?

    But I also have seen similar issues when changing the font size!
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  10. Matias
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    Windows 7
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    The display adapter is: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family

    Upgraded to the latest driver with no change. It has been working normally before. I have installed some programs and done some minor tweaking to the system. Don't know when it happened or what has happened.
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  11. Matias
    Posts : 12
    Windows 7
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    I will go through these registry settings to check for problems. Tell me if you spot anything.


    Faulty desktop (1280x800 12.1" laptop display):
    Code:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaveActive"="1"
"ActiveWndTrackTimeout"=dword:00000000
"BlockSendInputResets"="0"
"CaretWidth"=dword:00000001
"ClickLockTime"=dword:000004b0
"CoolSwitchColumns"="7"
"CoolSwitchRows"="3"
"CursorBlinkRate"="530"
"DockMoving"="1"
"DragFromMaximize"="1"
"DragFullWindows"="0"
"DragHeight"="4"
"DragWidth"="4"
"FocusBorderHeight"=dword:00000001
"FocusBorderWidth"=dword:00000001
"FontSmoothing"="2"
"FontSmoothingGamma"=dword:00000000
"FontSmoothingOrientation"=dword:00000001
"FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002
"ForegroundFlashCount"=dword:00000007
"ForegroundLockTimeout"=dword:00030d40
"LeftOverlapChars"="3"
"MenuShowDelay"="400"
"PaintDesktopVersion"=dword:00000000
"RightOverlapChars"="3"
"SnapSizing"="1"
"TileWallpaper"="0"
"WallpaperOriginX"=dword:00000000
"WallpaperOriginY"=dword:00000000
"WallpaperStyle"="10"
"WheelScrollChars"="3"
"WheelScrollLines"="3"
"WindowArrangementActive"="1"
"UserPreferencesMask"=hex:90,12,01,80,10,00,00,00
"Wallpaper"="C:\\Users\\Latitude\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Themes\\TranscodedWallpaper.jpg"
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="900"
"ScreenSaverIsSecure"="0"
"LogPixels"=dword:00000078
"Pattern Upgrade"="TRUE"
"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="C:\\Windows\\system32\\scrnsave.scr"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"ActiveTitle"="10 36 106"
"AppWorkSpace"="128 128 128"
"ButtonAlternateFace"="181 181 181"
"ButtonDkShadow"="64 64 64"
"ButtonFace"="212 208 200"
"ButtonHiLight"="255 255 255"
"ButtonLight"="212 208 200"
"ButtonShadow"="128 128 128"
"ButtonText"="0 0 0"
"GradientActiveTitle"="166 202 240"
"GradientInactiveTitle"="192 192 192"
"GrayText"="128 128 128"
"Hilight"="10 36 106"
"HilightText"="255 255 255"
"HotTrackingColor"="0 0 128"
"InactiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"InactiveTitle"="128 128 128"
"InactiveTitleText"="212 208 200"
"InfoText"="0 0 0"
"InfoWindow"="255 255 255"
"Menu"="212 208 200"
"MenuText"="0 0 0"
"Scrollbar"="212 208 200"
"TitleText"="255 255 255"
"Window"="255 255 255"
"WindowFrame"="0 0 0"
"WindowText"="0 0 0"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\LanguageConfiguration]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"BorderWidth"="-12"
"CaptionFont"=hex:f2,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"CaptionHeight"="-288"
"CaptionWidth"="-276"
"IconFont"=hex:f2,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"IconTitleWrap"="1"
"MenuFont"=hex:f2,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"MenuHeight"="-288"
"MenuWidth"="-276"
"MessageFont"=hex:f2,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"ScrollHeight"="-240"
"ScrollWidth"="-240"
"SmCaptionFont"=hex:f2,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,\
  00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"SmCaptionHeight"="-288"
"SmCaptionWidth"="-228"
"StatusFont"=hex:f2,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Shell Icon Size"="32"
"AppliedDPI"=dword:00000078
"PaddedBorderWidth"="0"
"IconSpacing"="-876"
"IconVerticalSpacing"="-876"
"MinAnimate"="0"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\MuiCached]
"MachinePreferredUILanguages"=hex(7):65,00,6e,00,2d,00,55,00,53,00,00,00
    Working desktop (1680x1050 22" widescreen display):
    Code:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ScreenSaveActive"="1"
"ActiveWndTrackTimeout"=dword:00000000
"BlockSendInputResets"="0"
"CaretWidth"=dword:00000001
"ClickLockTime"=dword:000004b0
"CoolSwitchColumns"="7"
"CoolSwitchRows"="3"
"CursorBlinkRate"="530"
"DockMoving"="1"
"DragFromMaximize"="1"
"DragFullWindows"="0"
"DragHeight"="4"
"DragWidth"="4"
"FocusBorderHeight"=dword:00000001
"FocusBorderWidth"=dword:00000001
"FontSmoothing"="2"
"FontSmoothingGamma"=dword:00000000
"FontSmoothingOrientation"=dword:00000001
"FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002
"ForegroundFlashCount"=dword:00000007
"ForegroundLockTimeout"=dword:00030d40
"LeftOverlapChars"="3"
"MenuShowDelay"="400"
"PaintDesktopVersion"=dword:00000000
"Pattern"=dword:00000000
"RightOverlapChars"="3"
"SnapSizing"="1"
"TileWallpaper"="0"
"WallpaperOriginX"=dword:00000000
"WallpaperOriginY"=dword:00000000
"WallpaperStyle"="0"
"WheelScrollChars"="3"
"WheelScrollLines"="3"
"WindowArrangementActive"="1"
"UserPreferencesMask"=hex:90,12,01,80,10,00,00,00
"Wallpaper"="C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Themes\\TranscodedWallpaper.jpg"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"ActiveTitle"="10 36 106"
"AppWorkSpace"="128 128 128"
"ButtonAlternateFace"="181 181 181"
"ButtonDkShadow"="64 64 64"
"ButtonFace"="212 208 200"
"ButtonHiLight"="255 255 255"
"ButtonLight"="212 208 200"
"ButtonShadow"="128 128 128"
"ButtonText"="0 0 0"
"GradientActiveTitle"="166 202 240"
"GradientInactiveTitle"="192 192 192"
"GrayText"="128 128 128"
"Hilight"="10 36 106"
"HilightText"="255 255 255"
"HotTrackingColor"="0 0 128"
"InactiveBorder"="212 208 200"
"InactiveTitle"="128 128 128"
"InactiveTitleText"="212 208 200"
"InfoText"="0 0 0"
"InfoWindow"="255 255 255"
"Menu"="212 208 200"
"MenuText"="0 0 0"
"Scrollbar"="212 208 200"
"TitleText"="255 255 255"
"Window"="255 255 255"
"WindowFrame"="0 0 0"
"WindowText"="0 0 0"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\LanguageConfiguration]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"BorderWidth"="-15"
"CaptionFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"CaptionHeight"="-270"
"CaptionWidth"="-270"
"IconFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"IconTitleWrap"="1"
"MenuFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"MenuHeight"="-270"
"MenuWidth"="-270"
"MessageFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"ScrollHeight"="-240"
"ScrollWidth"="-240"
"SmCaptionFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,\
  00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"SmCaptionHeight"="-225"
"SmCaptionWidth"="-180"
"StatusFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Shell Icon Size"="32"
"AppliedDPI"=dword:00000060
"PaddedBorderWidth"="0"
"IconSpacing"="-1125"
"IconVerticalSpacing"="-1125"
"MinAnimate"="0"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\MuiCached]
"MachinePreferredUILanguages"=hex(7):65,00,6e,00,2d,00,55,00,53,00,00,00
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