Resize icons quickly using your mouse wheel in Windows Vista



The title says it all. Hold down Ctrl and move your mouse wheel up or down to enlarge or shrink your icons in Windows Explorer. When you right click an area of empty space in a Windows Explorer window, you are only given 3 different sizes to choose from.

However, the mouse wheel gives you the flexibility of 28 different sizes (Yes I actually counted each click my mouse wheel made.) This can come in handy for those with overcrowded desktops or if you are enthusiastic about different icon sizes.

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  4. Muhammad Faisal Says:

    how do i small icon size in windows vista , and how i make partion in windows vista mode running , and in last why vista windows taking space in G.b s like 22 or 23 g.b ,, please any one known that reply me pplease…

  5. Steve Says:

    Most usefull, thankyou very much

  6. Albert Ng Says:

    Just hold control and scroll down.

    To make partitions, check out the partition article on the site.

  7. allal Says:

    i have a mouse without wheel so is there any way to resize desktop icons like the wheel does

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