Windows 10: Taskbar Button Sizes Broken

Discus and support Taskbar Button Sizes Broken in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Hi guys, I finally took the plunge and upgraded. Needless to say, I was afraid I'd be disappointed and for the most part, I am. Among the many... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by sierra117, Jul 23, 2016.

  1. SIERRA117
    sierra117 Win User

    Taskbar Button Sizes Broken


    Hi guys,

    I finally took the plunge and upgraded. Needless to say, I was afraid I'd be disappointed and for the most part, I am.

    Among the many issues, one specifically I'm confused about is the taskbar button size. In earlier versions of Windows, I was able to make the buttons narrower by editing the MinWidth property in regedit (HCU/Control Panel/Desktop/WindowMetrics). The default is 60 or 68, and by keeping it > 38 it would work. However in Windows 10, it didn't affect the buttons at all, rather it affected the notification area icons and made them smaller. I tried to undo it all by returning the default value, but neither 60, nor 68, nor deleting the key itself worked. The icons are still tiny.

    Any ideas what's wrong? Anybody also know how to make the buttons smaller as I was trying to do originally (lots of searching so far doesn't lead to any method for Win10)?

    Thanks!

    :)
     
    sierra117, Jul 23, 2016
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  2. DRCAMERON
    drcameron Win User

    Taskbar settings

    Is there a way to increase the size of the buttons on the Taskbar. I don't want to change the size of the Start menu. I only want to change the buttons on the Taskbar.
     
    drcameron, Jul 23, 2016
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  3. REQUIRED NAME REQUIRED AS WELL
    required name required as well Win User
    Where is the print button on windows 10

    Did you try moving the window (move the cursor to the top of the border, hold the left mouse button down and drag it to a new position)?

    Does the window minimize or is it a fixed size?

    Does the old trick of hitting the TAB key to move from button to button still work?

    Can you autohide or pull the taskbar down and up still?

    Can you pull the taskbar to a different side of the screen by clicking on an empty space and dragging it like we used to?

    --yes, been around the bend and broken a wagon wheel or two : )
     
    required name required as well, Jul 23, 2016
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  4. AMERICANPHARAOH
    AmericanPharaoh Win User

    Taskbar Button Sizes Broken

    AmericanPharaoh, Jul 23, 2016
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  5. SIERRA117
    sierra117 Win User
    Hi John,

    Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately that isn't what I'm trying to do. I already have the smaller button usage enabled, but I'm talking about more of an in-depth tweak. For example, this is what I had done in Windows 7 and 8.1 using the registry hack I mentioned earlier:


    Taskbar Button Sizes Broken [​IMG]


    As you can see, I adjusted the maximum width of the buttons.
     
    sierra117, Apr 5, 2018
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