Windows 10: Certain desktop icons suddenly changed sizes with new grey borders

At some point recently, with no relation to anything I was doing (can't remember exactly what I was doing but it was either playing games on steam I've played before, working on word docs, or letting the computer sit afk) a bunch of icons on my desktop shrunk and have a grey border attached. The issue is that not all of them shrunk, there seems to be no reasoning to which ones shrunk. When I set icon sizes to small it removes the grey border and they all seem to be the same size, however my icons are normally at medium, a kind of necessity with a 2k monitor. The only answer I've found (to change the size of all of them to small) simply won't do. I've heard there's no way to individually change sizes of icons however they're different sizes now so there must be some way. I have already tried messing around with icon sizes from Ctrl+scroll, any increment larger than small adds the border and shows a size difference between icons, anything smaller than medium is much smaller than my usual desktop sizes.

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How to change the size of desktop icons on Windows 10

Hi Dave,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community and being a part of Windows 10.

I understand your concern about size of desktop icons.

Try the below steps to change of the desktop icons and check if it helps.

• Right click on the desktop, over the mouse on View option.
• You will find Large icons, Medium icons,
  Small icons.
• Choose the option you wish to.

Hope it helps. Get back to us for further assistance on this issue.

 

Change icon size on vista 64

but it works EVERYWHERE, not just icon size.

MSN, IE, firefox, desktop icons, size of icons in folders... EVERYWHERE MUAHAHAHAHAHA


edit: no actually, it doesnt work on real humans breasts or genitals. it only works on windows PC's.

 

Font and Icon size

Hi Vickie,

It's possible that some settings were accidentally changed, affecting your icons and font size. We'd like to learn more about your concern so that we could provide the proper resolution. We just have a few questions for you:

• Which build version of Windows 10 is on your computer? To check, click
  Start, type winver, and press Enter. For example, 14393.1066.
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

As initial recommendation, we suggest following these steps to change the icon size:

• Right-click on an empty space on your desktop.
• Select View.
• Choose Medium icons or Small icons, whichever you prefer more.
  

Additionally, you can change the display size of texts and other items by following these steps:

• Right-click on an empty space on your desktop.
• Click Display settings.
• Under Change the size of text, apps, and other items, drag the slider over to 100%.
  
• If the slider is already on 100%, click Advanced display settings.
• Under Resolution, choose the Recommended option from the drop-down choices.

We'll wait for your response to our questions and the results of the initial troubleshooting.