Solved Desktop Icons Show at wrong size

Eccid

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I have this problem that's more an an aesthetic issue than anything, but it's rather annoying. I have my icons set to be rather large on my desktop, and I download custom icons for everything to match. About halfway through the day, about half of my icons were small, for no reason. I've tried refreshing my desktop, restarting, deleting the icons and remaking them, and changing the icon, then changing it back and none of that has worked. There has to be a solution I"m not aware of, and an internet search hasn't helped. Any suggestions?
 

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Hello Eccid

Just right click on your desktop then click on "view" and choose medium or small icons !!
 

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Welcome aboard, Eccid.

You are using the large icon view for the desktop. Unfortunately all the programs dont have the appropriate size to fit that view, so it takes the largest possible view, and lives a square outside.

To make it look normal, search the large icons for those programs, and apply those using this guide prepared by Jerry http://www.sevenforums.com/customiz...y-icons-icon-set-system-wide.html#post1587500
 

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Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
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Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHz
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Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B85M-D3H
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Corsair Vengence 4GB x2 (8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz)
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Welcome aboard, Eccid.

You are using the large icon view for the desktop. Unfortunately all the programs dont have the appropriate size to fit that view, so it takes the largest possible view, and lives a square outside.

To make it look normal, search the large icons for those programs, and apply those using this guide prepared by Jerry http://www.sevenforums.com/customiz...y-icons-icon-set-system-wide.html#post1587500


I manually set icons with the appropriate size for each shortcut, and they were all large and correct until yesterday afternoon. It's not a matter of the icons not being large enough. This is a problem that happened suddenly.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3
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ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
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ADATA XPG Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB)
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MSI N260GTX Twin Frozr OC
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Integrated
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eMachines HD LCD Monitor 19" Widescreen
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Seagate Barracuda 7200 1 TB
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APEVIA JAVA ATX-JV650W
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Rosewill R6425 SL Silver SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower
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Microsoft Sidewinder x4
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Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
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Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHz
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Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B85M-D3H
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Corsair Vengence 4GB x2 (8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz)
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2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International)
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Onboard (Realtek High Definition Audio)
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LG Flatron E2040T
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1600x900
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Western Digital 1 TB
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Corsair VS550
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Cooler Master K380
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Cooler Master Seidon 120V Plus
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Logitech MK260r
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Logitech MK260r
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PMPL Broadband
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Windows Defender + MBAM
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Firefox
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Dell Studio 15" Laptop
Ctrl + mouse wheel also changes Desktop icon size - the OP may have done this accidently
 

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Ctrl + mouse wheel also changes Desktop icon size - the OP may have done this accidently

That would effect all of my icons not some of them. I have tried resizing them both ways and putting them back with no change. The icon size hasn't changed, it's the picture being used on my icons isn't the large version. it's using the image in the icon for 32X32 icons, instead of 256x256. Yes, each icon has a size 256.
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3
Motherboard
ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
Memory
ADATA XPG Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Graphics Card(s)
MSI N260GTX Twin Frozr OC
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
eMachines HD LCD Monitor 19" Widescreen
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1 TB
PSU
APEVIA JAVA ATX-JV650W
Case
Rosewill R6425 SL Silver SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower
Cooling
COOLER MASTER GeminII S RR-CCH-PBU1-GP
Keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder x4
Mouse
Cyborg R.A.T. 3

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Trackball mice
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My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3
Motherboard
ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
Memory
ADATA XPG Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Graphics Card(s)
MSI N260GTX Twin Frozr OC
Sound Card
Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
eMachines HD LCD Monitor 19" Widescreen
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1 TB
PSU
APEVIA JAVA ATX-JV650W
Case
Rosewill R6425 SL Silver SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower
Cooling
COOLER MASTER GeminII S RR-CCH-PBU1-GP
Keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder x4
Mouse
Cyborg R.A.T. 3
No problem. Any time.
 

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HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays
2x HP w2207
Hard Drives
5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Keyboard
with trackball - no mices
Mouse
Trackball mice
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DSL 6000
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