Size of icons on the desktop

The icons on my desktop got a huge while I was working.  I tried to change the resolution of the screen, but it has no effect.  The police is of normal size, but the icons are huge.  How to make their return to normal?

Method One

1 / right-click on a vacant part of the Office .

2 / in the drop-down menu , click the view option.

3 / in the context menu , click one of the following options:

  • Large icons.
  • Medium-sized icons.
  • Classic icons.

The classic icons option will reduce the size the most.

Second method

If you really want to control the size of the icons on the desktop, then here is a tweak that is really simple to do exactly that.

1 / make sure that the Office is at the point. In other words, click the office button to bring the Office to forward (assuming that you have other programs open).

2 / place your mouse on a free part of the desktop, and then hold down the CTRL (control) key.

3 / press CTRL and hold, and then, with your mouse scroll button, scroll the mouse towards the wheel upwards or downwards to increase or decrease the size of the icons.

4 / once the icons are the size you want, release the CTRL key.

5 / your desktop icons should now appear in a more appropriate size.

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