Windows 10: Changing Desktop Font and Taskbar Size

I just installed Build 9879 over Windows 7 on a spare machine and it went as expected except for the size of the Icon fonts and size of the taskbar. They both are much larger than they were on Win 7. I can't remember how to make them smaller. I make the icons themselves smaller (medium) by using View on the desktop but the fonts and taskbar are way to big.

Will some kind soul remind me how to reduce them under Win 10?

Thank you.

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Tiny font size following Windows 10 Creators Update

Hi,

This does not work. When I click on Appearance and Personalization, there is no "Display" option, and I cannot find any option "Change only the text size".


When I click on Appearance and Personalization in the Control Panel there are only the following options:

- Taskbar and Navigation

- Ease of Access Center

- File Explorer Options

- Fonts

Under "System Settings" there is an option "Display", but this does not allow me to only change the font size. Under "Scale and Layout" there are only two options: 100% or 125%. Unfortunately 100% is far too small, while 125% is far too big. I can set a
"Custom Scale Factor", which I have set to 115%, but this does not just change the font size it also increases the size of desktop icons, the taskbar, etc. In fact everything is now 115% bigger. There is no way to just increase the size of the fonts slightly,
which is what I wanted.

I am using Windows 10 Home edition, 64-bit on a laptop.

 

Tiny font size following Windows 10 Creators Update

I have just updated with Windows 10 Creators Update (Windows 10, version 1703). However, the display has now changed and the font size for all menus, folders, taskbars, etc. is very small. I have tried increasing the size in the Display Settings, but it
seems to be unstable, with desktop thumbnails disappearing and desktop icons moving around erratically.

 

Control Panel...Appearance...Fonts
Left sidebar => Change font sizes

Lot's of good settings there - don't know exactly which one's apply to your situation.

 

Thanks John. I must have been short changed. I can't find Control Panel/Appearance. There are only two 'A's on the Control Panel, Administrative Tools and Autoplay. Perhaps it is buried deeper?

 

Have you tried right clicking the task bar and selecting properties? This lets you slect 'Use small taskbar buttons'.

 

Yes, I found that just after I posted my question.

In addition, dumb me, I found the Appearance thing in the Category screen of Control Panel. Ever since I started with Win 7 I have used the Small Icons screen and never thought of the Category one.

To quote Sir Arthur Sullivan, "Cloudy skies are now serene."

Thanks for you help

 

I'm glad that you found the Category view.
That's a problem with Control Panel different, unmatching interfaces

 

Yes just right click everything. You never know what you might find!