Vista Tweaks – Customize the Size of Icons
Posted on April 24th, 2008 by admin
Windows Vista has a bunch of tweaks that can either enhance performance or just make it a bit cooler. So today we will look at a quick little tweak to change the size of your desktop icons and file icons.
To increase the size of your desktop icons, just do the following:
1) Click on an empty area of your desktop
2) Hold down the “Ctrl” key, then spin the mouse wheel up or down to adjust the size of the icons
To increase the size of your file/folder icons:
1) Open Windows Explorer
2) Hold down the “Ctrl” key and spin the mouse wheel until you get the desired size.
Here is a little sample of how the desktop icons look after they were increased in size:
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Have fun!!

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