Not always the standard size of the icons may suit the user. For example, if you change the screen resolution, then most likely you will need to make them larger or smaller. However, there are users who do not know how to increase the icon on the desktop or, conversely, reduce its size.
It is worth noting that large icons are best installed if the user has vision problems, and small ones when the desktop is loaded with a large number of application shortcuts or files that you open daily, so you want to provide the fastest access to them.
How to increase / decrease desktop icons. Method 1
In order to change the size of the icons, click in any free place on the LMB desktop, and then, holding the Ctrl button, scroll the wheel up. As a result, the icons will become larger. If it is necessary to make the icons smaller, then the mouse wheel needs to be scrolled down (towards yourself).
Attention! After this operation, the icons may randomly appear on the desktop. Of course, if we are talking about just a few shortcuts or files, it will be easy to fix the situation, however, when there are a lot of icons, you will have to spend time to restore their convenient location.
Resizing icons. Method 2
So, on the desktop, you can increase the icons not only with the mouse wheel, but also through the context menu. In this case, the sequence of actions will differ depending on the version of the Windows operating system.
Now you will learn how to enlarge the desktop icon or make it smaller if you have Windows 7, Vista, and G8 installed. In fact, the operation is carried out in just two clicks of the mouse:
on an empty place on the desktop, click RMB to open the context menu;
refer to the “View” item, and then in the drop-down list select one of the options for the size of the icons (large, regular or small).
In addition, you can arrange the icons, align or even disable their display by removing the checkbox located next to the corresponding option.
How to resize icons in Windows XP
You already know how to enlarge the desktop icon in Windows 7 and G8. But what if you are still using Windows XP?
In this case, the algorithm of actions will be different:
Call the context menu by pressing RMB on a free area of the desktop.
Refer to the "Properties" item, and then go to the "Appearance" section.
In the window that appears, you are interested in the "Element" sector. Here you need to select the option "Icon".
The “Size” option will appear on the right, with which you can set the optimal value for you.
When all the settings are completed, click "Enter" on the keyboard or click "OK" in the "Advanced Design" window.
Conclusion
So, now you know how to increase the desktop icon or reduce it in various versions of Windows. In this case, you can use the most convenient way for you.
As you can see, there is nothing complicated in this procedure. Of course, if you still use the "extras", then in order to resize the icons, you will need to perform a few more steps. However, they will not cause difficulties even for a novice user.