desktop icon size

How I can set Desktop icon size to small "32x32" (Like in Windows XP Professional Desktop)? Thanks for attention.

Right click on the Desktop, select View and "Classic Icons" - I believe that should set them back to 32x32. Not sure if this only applies with Aero Glass turned off... but if the "Classic Icons" doesn't come up, select "Small Icons".
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How I can set Desktop icon size to small "32x32" (Like in Windows XP Professional Desktop)? Thanks for attention.

Sorry, but I have not view function on right mouse clock. Windows Build is 5112. Mey ba I can do something more?
------------ Best Regards VADiM

"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message

Right click on the Desktop, select View and "Classic Icons" - I believe that should set them back to 32x32. Not sure if this only applies with Aero Glass turned off... but if the "Classic Icons" doesn't come up, select "Small Icons".
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Default User" wrote in message How I can set Desktop icon size to small "32x32" (Like in Windows XP Professional Desktop)? Thanks for attention.

No, they updated it in 5308, you are not gonna see it in 5112. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Default User" wrote in message

Sorry, but I have not view function on right mouse clock. Windows Build is 5112. Mey ba I can do something more?
------------ Best Regards VADiM

"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message Right click on the Desktop, select View and "Classic Icons" - I believe that should set them back to 32x32. Not sure if this only applies with Aero Glass turned off... but if the "Classic Icons" doesn't come up, select "Small Icons".
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Default User" wrote in message How I can set Desktop icon size to small "32x32" (Like in Windows XP Professional Desktop)? Thanks for attention.

I want to know why you can't change the icon style - in Windows Explorer you can change the icon style to list, thumbnail, icons, tiles, etc - but on the desktop you only have the one icon sytle...
maybe I want my icons on the desktop to be tiles, or list icons, etc...
"Default User" wrote in message

How I can set Desktop icon size to small "32x32" (Like in Windows XP Professional Desktop)? Thanks for attention.

And maybe I want my desktop icons to group along the top, or bottom, or right side instead of left, or around the edge so they don't occult the wallpaper, and there's no way to do that except manually and that's been getting my goat ever since Win95. Come on, Microsoft, it shouldn't be *that* difficult to allow users easy control over their desktops! -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Chris Hedlund" a écrit dans le message de news: %23J6V2y%23QGHA.5908@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... |I want to know why you can't change the icon style - in Windows Explorer you | can change the icon style to list, thumbnail, icons, tiles, etc - but on the | desktop you only have the one icon sytle... | | maybe I want my icons on the desktop to be tiles, or list icons, etc...

So true Pierre - when you think about it, the desktop is just another directory on the computer like all the others, C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Desktop, for example. I always why when I customize that directory in the Explorer window, why the changes didn't replicate on the desktop itself.
And be careful with those goats and the occult Pierre...
"Pierre Szwarc" wrote in message

And maybe I want my desktop icons to group along the top, or bottom, or right side instead of left, or around the edge so they don't occult the wallpaper, and there's no way to do that except manually and that's been getting my goat ever since Win95. Come on, Microsoft, it shouldn't be *that* difficult to allow users easy control over their desktops! -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Chris Hedlund" a écrit dans le message de news: %23J6V2y%23QGHA.5908@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... |I want to know why you can't change the icon style - in Windows Explorer you | can change the icon style to list, thumbnail, icons, tiles, etc - but on the | desktop you only have the one icon sytle... | | maybe I want my icons on the desktop to be tiles, or list icons, etc...

<lol> Actually the desktop isn't "just a directory" as far as Explorer (or whatever name the user shell has in Vista) is concerned: all accesses to it are filtered through a specific DLL. Bloated as Vista already is (when compared to XP), it shouldn't make a lot of difference to expand that DLL to handle additional customizations. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"Chris Hedlund" a écrit dans le message de news: ehD$wcFRGHA.4792@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... | So true Pierre - when you think about it, the desktop is just another | directory on the computer like all the others, C:\Documents and | Settings\Chris\Desktop, for example. I always why when I customize that | directory in the Explorer window, why the changes didn't replicate on the | desktop itself. | | And be careful with those goats and the occult Pierre...

Is there a way to vary the size of the desktop icons? I find them to be relatively large and decreasing the size to about 1/2 of the existing would be much better.

Hello :)
- right-click on an empty part of your desktop - click View - select the size you want
Or, for extreme control, press and hold down the CTRL button while you spin your mouse scroll wheel (the scrolly thing in between the two buttons of the mouse - if you have one).
- JB