Two annoyances

DWFII said:

Thanks for both replies. I think that will do it...have to give it a try tomorrow. Thanks again

I am glad to be able to help. Feel free to return to the forums, anytime. You are welcome to use our knowledge or to share yours with others.

richc46 said:

Yes Just left click on an icon lightly, to make a dark background. Then with Cntrl pressed adjust size with mouse wheel.

This does not work for me. Let's see if I got it right: First I have a two button trackball...no scroll wheel.

Then I click on the icon and hold ctrl and move the trackball. No joy. Then click on the icon and hold down ctrl and the left mouse button and move trackball and I get a new shortcut.

any other ideas?

Go into 'display' (from control panel) and see if ticking 'smaller' makes the desktop icons smaller.
Or...
You may have to borrow a scroll wheel mouse, if it doesn't. You can left click anywhere on the desk then hold down the ctrl key and use the scroll to make icons larger or smaller.

That method only works if you have a 3-button (or a scroll wheel) mouse. As DWFII states, he only has an older 2-button model.

The only option available in this case is to right-click on the desktop, mouse over View and click on the required size option.

Ahh! !Much better! Thanks...I knew there had to be a way.

You're welcome, DWFII. :) Have you managed to solve both your annoyances?