Icons on taskbar are big

chops

Hi,
the icons on the taskbar at the bottom have gone big, how do I get them back to normal?

-TangleFoot-

What operating system do you have?

chops

windows xp, I was looking at the accesibility options because I use sticky keys and now the task bar has changed size, should I just do a system restore back to when it looked right?

-TangleFoot-

Right-click an empty area of your desktop, select Properties and look under the Appearance tab for a button marked Effects. Does the box labelled Use large icons have a tick in it?

chops

No it doesn't.

-TangleFoot-

Oops. Wrong option - doesn't affect the Taskbar at all!

Take a look at the Settings tab instead. Can you increase the screen resolution?

chops

the screen res. is at its highest.

-TangleFoot-

In that case, click the Advanced button and check the DPI setting.

spud17

As post #4, but make sure 'Windows and Buttons' box is 'Windows XP style'

IIRC this puts back the defaults, you may have to customise your wallpaper etc.

chops

It says Normal (96DPI)

-TangleFoot-

spud17 wrote: »

IIRC this puts back the defaults

Nope - that just changes the visual style. It's the stuff in the Themes tab that tends to reset things.

Out of interest, what's the font size set to under the Appearance tab?