icon size in explorer windows

DaiB

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I find even the smallest icon in an explorer window to be too large leaving a large spacing between file name text. I can't find anyone else having raised this issue so far? The icons are larger than in XP resulting in fewer file entries for a given window size
 

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Hi DaiB,

There are a number of things you could be referring to here. Could you please post a screenshot so we can see exactly what you mean?

Cheers,

Walker
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Hi

Thanks for your reply. I have attached a typical window screenshot. I'm referring to the yellow folder icons which determine the file details spacing and which I find are larger than needed but are the smallest that can be set using the display slider. I can't find any other setting under 'Personalization' that could further change these icons?

Thanks
David
 

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ATI Radeon 5770
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on motherboard
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Dell 1907FP
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I see what you mean now. Unfortunately if that's as small as they go on the slider, you may be out of luck - unless there's some kind of registry edit that would work. Hopefully someone else can chime in who has more experience doing that sort of thing. Good luck...

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team
 

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HP Pavilion dm3 (netbook) *** 27" iMac (Dual-Boot)
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6
CPU
AMD Athlon Neo X2 1.6GHz *** Intel Core i7 Quad Core 2.8GHz
Memory
4.00 GB *** 4.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 3200, 384MB *** ATI Radeon HD 4850, 1GB
Sound Card
ATI High Definition Audio *** ATI High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Flatron W2053TX
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1600 x 900 (monitor), 1266 x 768 (laptop) *** 2560 x 1440
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300 GB SATA (internal), 500 GB HP SimpleSave (external) *** 1 TB SATA (internal), 160 GB LaCie (external)
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