Registry Hack To Set The Desktop Icon Size To Small - Windows 7 64bit
Nov 9, 2012
I am trying to find the registry key that will change the desktop icon size to small.
This is mainly for new users, or for the default user. I have workstations that have several people sharing them and need this for everyone.
I have looked in these locations: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShellBags1DesktopIconSize And HKey_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktopWindowMetricsShell Icon Size I played with both these settings for myself, and the desktop icons do not change. If I reboot, the first key value goes back to 32, and the second key stays at 96. But my icons never change in size. I am looking for any way to do this in the registry. I could try copying the ntuser.dat but fear I will still have issues with paths, and other defaults that will cause the same problem I had originally.
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I'm having this very strange problem on my PC which i recently formatted to start from scratch.I'm running Windows 7 64bit and everytime I open a page in a browser (IE, Firefox or Chrome) the actual page appears very small in the top left hand corner of the window...I'm also having this problem when using Skype.I get the feeling this may have something to do with my resolution....?I never used to have this problem before formatting.
I'm having this very strange problem on my PC which i recently formated to start from scratch.I'm running Windows 7 64bit and everytime I open a page in a browser (IE, Firefox or Chrome) the actual page appears very small in the top left hand corner of the window.I'm also having this problem when using Skype.I get the feeling this may have something to do with my resolution....?I never used to have this problem before formatting.
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