Windows 10: How to Change Icon Spacing Settings

Summary:


This discussion covers changing icon spacing settings on the desktop.


More Information:


Windows 10 no longer lets you change icon spacing settings because the ability to change desktop appearance - like changing fonts for the title-bar or changing colours for dialog boxes - is unavailable, but you can do so through Registry Editor.


WARNING: Using Registry Editor can cause serious,

system-wide problems that may require you to

reinstall Windows 10 to correct them. Microsoft

cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from

the use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use this

tool at your own risk.


Workaround:


To change icon spacing settings:


1. Press WINDOWS LOGO + R and type regedit before pressing ENTER.


2. Double-click HKEY_CURRENT_USER.


3. Double-click Control Panel.


4. Double-click Desktop.


5. Double-click WindowMetrics.


6. Do the following:


a. To change the horizontal icon spacing settings, double-click IconSpacing.

Type a number after the - symbol and click OK. (For example, -1125, -1500, or -1800.)


b. To change the vertical icon spacing settings, double-click IconVerticalSpacing.

Type a number after the - symbol and click OK. (For example, -1125, -1500, or -1800.)


7. Exit Registry Editor.


8. Either sign out and then back in, or restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

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Small icons setting won't change

I suggest that you change or uncheck Use small taskbar buttons by following the steps below:

• Right-click the Taskbar.
• Select Properties.
• In the Taskbar tab make sure that Use small taskbar is
  uncheck.
  
  
  
  
• Click Apply and OK.

If the issue still persists, you can change the size of desktop icons.

• Right-click an empty space on the desktop.
• Select View and choose either Large, Medium or Small icons.
• Check if you can change the size of the taskbar button.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

Icon spacing


This is how I did:

1. Right click on desktop->Display Settings and set it 150%. NOTE: If you have dual monitors, click on other monitor and do the same.
   
   
   
2. Control Panel->Display->Set a custom scaling level, again set it to 150%, Change the text size for each item: Menu, Title, icon etc... then click apply
   
   
   
   

 

Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.