Desktop Icons - Custom Size

How to Change Desktop Icons Size in Windows

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For those who have always wondered if you can get custom size icons on your desktop just like in your folders, there is a way! This will show you a quick and simple way to make the desktop icons smaller or larger than usual in Windows.





OPTION ONE

Change to Custom Size

1. While on your desktop, make sure you haven't selected any application(s) as active.

2. Press and hold the Control (controlkey.png) key, and move your mouse scroll wheel (Scroller.png) forward and backward to change the size. Moving the scroll button forward will make icons bigger, and moving it back will make icons smaller. Adjust the icons to your preference.



OPTION TWO

Change to Original Size

If at any time you wish to restore the icons to one of the three preset defaults, then right click or press and hold on your desktop, click/tap on View and on one of the three options: Presets.png
That's it! Hope I've helped, not everyone likes preset stuff, most people customize everything!
-DW96







 
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Nice tutorial, short & exactly to the point :D +rep man
 

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The same trick, CTRL+scroll, works in so many places.

Try it in Outlook and other email apps to increase/reduce font size.
 
Wow, thanks to all of you guys! I had no Idea something such as this simple trick would get me so much rep! I will continue making useful tips tutorials whenever I can, but now I'm busy, I have to get ready for school. I'll be 7th grade and I really need to do good on my exams this year. If I get into a good school I get a new monitor BTW so as much as I'd love to continue in the seven-forums, after 15th of September my visits will be as long as 25 minutes a day... Really sorry...
 

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I had NO CLUE and I thought I knew enough about win7! Thanks for this one, exactly what I was looking for.
 

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Thanks very much dude..
These big icons kinda suck in win7!
 

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Wonderful!!!

:geek: Thank you so much for the post. These huge icons were driving me mad!:mad:
 

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Brilliant, thanks
 

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adjusting icons

thanks very much! i now realize that i had hit control and mouse scroll which is why my icons suddenly got so large. super help! a frustrating hour or more trying to find solutions in online manuals... So glad that there is a Seven Forum.

again... many thanks

david
 

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How about independently changing the size of each icon? Does anyone have any clue?
 

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Hello Maxvinus, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Sorry, but the icon sizes cannot be set on a per specific icon basis. :(
 

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but... can you make one or two larger than all the others?
 

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thank you

ty works well:sick:
 

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To make your icons larger or smaller you can also follow this steps:

1 Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.

2 In Control Panel, make sure you are in Classic View, with all Control Panel icons showing. If not, click Switch to Classic View in the left pane of Control Panel.

3 Click Display to open the Display Properties dialog box. Click the Appearance tab, then click Effects.

4 In the Effects dialog box, select the Use large icons check box.

5 Click OK, click OK again, and then click the Close button.

Jonatan Grad - 12100942
 

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To make your icons larger or smaller you can also follow this steps:

1 Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.

2 In Control Panel, make sure you are in Classic View, with all Control Panel icons showing. If not, click Switch to Classic View in the left pane of Control Panel.

3 Click Display to open the Display Properties dialog box. Click the Appearance tab, then click Effects.

4 In the Effects dialog box, select the Use large icons check box.

5 Click OK, click OK again, and then click the Close button.

Jonatan Grad - 12100942

Hello Jonatan,

Could you post a screenshot showing this setting?

I don't have it in my visual effects below if that was what you were referring to?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1908-visual-effects-settings-change.html
 

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Download ICONOID.

Hilarious, you can't pay Microslop (sic) to give back this functionality, but you can get it for free from somebody else.
 

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