Select View from within Control Panel, then the size you want.

Stuart

"MaryL" <stancole1@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
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> The size of icons in Control Panel suddenly became very large. I don't
> see any way (as I had in XP and even in other parts of Vista) to change
> the size of icons or to select something like "details." I used System
> Restore to go back, and the icons were the size I wanted. The next day --
> after Windows again downloaded an update -- the huge icons were back.
> Help! Surely there is some way to control this that I simply don't know.
>
> I am using Vista Home Premium (full version, not OEM).
>
> Thanks,
> MaryL
>