Vista Tutorial - shrink window around desktop icon

When you mouse over a desktop icon the highlighted size is too big.. if you
keep your icons close they overlap.. can that be tweaked ?

You can change the space used when you mouse over an icon by tweaking the
setting in the appearance settings.

Right click the Desktop and select Personalize. Click Window color and
appearance and then Open classic appearance properties. Click the Advanced
button.

In the Item drop down menu, adjust the size of the Icon Spacing (Horizontal)
and Icon Spacing (Vertical) to suit what you want.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"dwolf" <jojonospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> When you mouse over a desktop icon the highlighted size is too big.. if
> you keep your icons close they overlap.. can that be tweaked ?

That doesn't change the mouse over window that appears.. that just takes
care of the actual space between icons.. which I have set to go where ever I
want them..

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
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> You can change the space used when you mouse over an icon by tweaking the
> setting in the appearance settings.
>
> Right click the Desktop and select Personalize. Click Window color and
> appearance and then Open classic appearance properties. Click the Advanced
> button.
>
> In the Item drop down menu, adjust the size of the Icon Spacing
> (Horizontal) and Icon Spacing (Vertical) to suit what you want.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "dwolf" <jojonospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uSEhqFKlHHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> When you mouse over a desktop icon the highlighted size is too big.. if
>> you keep your icons close they overlap.. can that be tweaked ?
>

Actually by setting the spacing to 0 does make it better... thanks.. and
even if it didn't work thanks too..

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
news:F17AD1B9-99B6-4D29-9CC6-225F5E80A653@microsoft.com...
> You can change the space used when you mouse over an icon by tweaking the
> setting in the appearance settings.
>
> Right click the Desktop and select Personalize. Click Window color and
> appearance and then Open classic appearance properties. Click the Advanced
> button.
>
> In the Item drop down menu, adjust the size of the Icon Spacing
> (Horizontal) and Icon Spacing (Vertical) to suit what you want.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "dwolf" <jojonospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uSEhqFKlHHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> When you mouse over a desktop icon the highlighted size is too big.. if
>> you keep your icons close they overlap.. can that be tweaked ?
>

dwolf

There are some other things you can do that make it easier to organize the
desktop icons.

You can adjust the icon size by holding down the CTRL key and using the
scroll wheel on the mouse. You can also reduce the Font type and size for
icons in the advanced settings that I referred to earlier.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"dwolf" <jojonospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OxsbiNNlHHA.568@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Actually by setting the spacing to 0 does make it better... thanks.. and
> even if it didn't work thanks too..
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
> news:F17AD1B9-99B6-4D29-9CC6-225F5E80A653@microsoft.com...
>> You can change the space used when you mouse over an icon by tweaking the
>> setting in the appearance settings.
>>
>> Right click the Desktop and select Personalize. Click Window color and
>> appearance and then Open classic appearance properties. Click the
>> Advanced button.
>>
>> In the Item drop down menu, adjust the size of the Icon Spacing
>> (Horizontal) and Icon Spacing (Vertical) to suit what you want.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "dwolf" <jojonospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uSEhqFKlHHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> When you mouse over a desktop icon the highlighted size is too big.. if
>>> you keep your icons close they overlap.. can that be tweaked ?
>>