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How to increase the size of desktop and explorer icons?

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/how-to-increase-the-size-of-desktop-and-explorer-icons.15128/

Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta Original post #1
Sep 7, 2005 at 12:10 PM
Guys!
I want to know how can I increase the size of Explorer icons and desktop icons in windows XP without using any s/w ?
I mean I want to increase the size of desktop and all explorer icons like Vista.
Is there ne way?
N
Sep 7, 2005 at 12:31 PM
To increase the size of desktop do a resolution change.

640x480 gives you a small desktop and 1024x768 or more gives you a big desktop (while in higher resolution if you cant read the text properly change the size of the fonts)

to view a large icon on your desktop right clik on your desktop >> go to properties >> go to appearance >> click advanced >> choose ICON in the ITEM drop down box >> enter the size required on the SIZE box next to it and click OK[/quote]
Vishal Gupta
Sep 7, 2005 at 12:37 PM
thnx buddy!
I don't want to change the resolution.
But the Desktop properties trick worked.
expertno.1
Sep 7, 2005 at 3:26 PM
@Visahl u could use even a better alternative i.e

Tweak UI
*www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp
*www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui
anandk
anandk #5
Sep 7, 2005 at 5:00 PM
try stardocks iconx. its cool.