How can I control the size of icons in Control Panel?

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

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
>

Hi Mary,

You can enable the Menu bar for Windows Explorer, then while in the
Control Panel, click on View and select a icon size. This tutorial will
show you how to enable the Menu bar if needed.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/92073-menu-bar.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

MaryL;780768 Wrote:
> 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


--
Brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
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*Please post feedback to help others.*

Control Panel >Classic View

Right click on white space.

Select View

Choose your icon size

--
oscar

....Right click is your best friend...


"MaryL" wrote:

> 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
>
>

Thanks! That did it. I don't even have an explanation as to why I didn't
discover this before. I use right-click for so many things that I certainly
should have tried it here. The missing menu bar stumped me, though.
Everywhere else, I can simply select "view" from that bar, but the menu bar
is missing from my Control Panel. Brink described a way to enable menu bar,
and I'm also going to look into that.

MaryL

"oscar" <oscar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Control Panel >Classic View
>
> Right click on white space.
>
> Select View
>
> Choose your icon size
>
> --
> oscar
>
> ...Right click is your best friend...
>
>
> "MaryL" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>

Thanks for the information. I'm going to look into that. Oscar suggested
using right-click. I don't know how I overlooked that, but it solved the
problem. I would still like to enable the menu bar, though, so I'm going to
check it out.

MaryL

"Brink" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Mary,
>
> You can enable the Menu bar for Windows Explorer, then while in the
> Control Panel, click on View and select a icon size. This tutorial will
> show you how to enable the Menu bar if needed.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/92073-menu-bar.html
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
> MaryL;780768 Wrote:
>> 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
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> them.*
> '*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com)
> *Please post feedback to help others.*

I did not have a menu bar, so I did not see any way to select View. The
solution was simple (provided by Oscar), and I should have discovered it
myself -- that is, I needed to right-click on white space. Once I enable
the menu bar, I should be able to select View as I do in other folders.

Thanks,
MaryL

"Stuart Sabatini" <sabatini@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Select View from within Control Panel, then the size you want.
>
> Stuart
>
> "MaryL" <stancole1@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
> news:OScqrbc6IHA.2220@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> 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
>>
>