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From: JimB on 22 Mar 2010 19:23
I have my display resolution set to 1280x1024. The icons on the desktop are
smaller then I like.
I opened the desktop 'display properties/appearance/advanced'. under
'item/icon', I increased the size of the icons and that worked. After that,
they were crowded together so I tried to increase the horizontal and vertical
spacing between them. That doesn't work (they don't move). Can someone tell
me how to fix this?

Thanks, Jim B.

PS: on the arrange icons menu 'align to grid' is checked. If I uncheck this,
would I be able to change the spacing (ie. change the size of the grid) then
recheck the align to grid?
From: Shenan Stanley on 22 Mar 2010 19:38
JimB wrote:
> I have my display resolution set to 1280x1024. The icons on the
> desktop are smaller then I like.
> I opened the desktop 'display properties/appearance/advanced'.
> under 'item/icon', I increased the size of the icons and that
> worked. After that, they were crowded together so I tried to
> increase the horizontal and vertical spacing between them. That
> doesn't work (they don't move). Can someone tell me how to fix this?
>
> Thanks, Jim B.
>
> PS: on the arrange icons menu 'align to grid' is checked. If I
> uncheck this, would I be able to change the spacing (ie. change the
> size of the grid) then recheck the align to grid?

Change the spacing, reboot.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


From: JimB on 22 Mar 2010 19:53
Sorry about this. I found that if I uncheck 'align to grid' then make my
spacing changes in display properties and close out of that dialog screen
then, when I recheck 'align to grid', the icons pop to the new spacing. Maybe
this will help somebody else.

Jim


"JimB" wrote:

> I have my display resolution set to 1280x1024. The icons on the desktop are
> smaller then I like.
> I opened the desktop 'display properties/appearance/advanced'. under
> 'item/icon', I increased the size of the icons and that worked. After that,
> they were crowded together so I tried to increase the horizontal and vertical
> spacing between them. That doesn't work (they don't move). Can someone tell
> me how to fix this?
>
> Thanks, Jim B.
>
> PS: on the arrange icons menu 'align to grid' is checked. If I uncheck this,
> would I be able to change the spacing (ie. change the size of the grid) then
> recheck the align to grid?
From: JimB on 23 Mar 2010 09:11
The way I suggest allows you to see the changes quickly.


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> JimB wrote:
> > I have my display resolution set to 1280x1024. The icons on the
> > desktop are smaller then I like.
> > I opened the desktop 'display properties/appearance/advanced'.
> > under 'item/icon', I increased the size of the icons and that
> > worked. After that, they were crowded together so I tried to
> > increase the horizontal and vertical spacing between them. That
> > doesn't work (they don't move). Can someone tell me how to fix this?
> >
> > Thanks, Jim B.
> >
> > PS: on the arrange icons menu 'align to grid' is checked. If I
> > uncheck this, would I be able to change the spacing (ie. change the
> > size of the grid) then recheck the align to grid?
>
> Change the spacing, reboot.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
> .
>
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