Windows 10: Taskbar Icon size and overall fonts

So after all my upgrades (I have 4 7pro systems running and networked) I had to add a new system hence Windows 10. What a joke!!!!!!!!!! It's Windows 10 PROFESSIONAL and it has so much junk on it it's CRAZY!!!!!!!!! I can't even uninstall 3/4 of them. Microsoft dialed in yesterday and THEY CAN'T remove them. REALLY????????

And let's talk about the Color Metrics that used to be in Windows 7...... There is NO WAY to change your icon fonts other than to download a third party application. Again REALLY? Changing resolution is not a solution for us that do graphics and photography. We pay good money for our monitors for our work. Again it's a PRO version. You increase the overall font size and size of the system and it throws ALL programs into that. Hence Photoshop, Lightroom and and creative software is affected and we can't even see or use half the tools in our programs when doing so because the increase affects EVERYTHING!!!!!

The toolbar.... let's see well I CAN'T!!!! There is NO WAY of enlarging the icons in the taskbar. WHY??????????? Not all of us are under 40 and can't even read them. What a poor poor design. And again per two Microsoft tech calls they can't fix it.


Look around the internet Microsoft, read these threads here. There are thousands of people with the same problems. What now?


I couldn't be more dissatisfied with Windows / Microsoft right now as this was also escalated and that tech tonight dialed in and could do NOTHING once again.

So, all of us "Professionals" that can't afford enterprise are looking for copies of Windows 7 pro to purchase because this Windows 10 is a nightmare as Vista was.

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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.

 

Unable to Change Font/Icon size from Setting app in Windows 10

Old title: Change Font/Icon size

Windows 10 takes care of this issue by supporting per-display DPI scaling to address. By default, Windows 8.1 will choose the optimum DPI scaling value for each display based on the value
chosen for overall scaling in the control panel.

You can change Modern UI text size by following the steps provided below.

• Press Windows key
• Click on Settings.
• Click on System.
• Click on Display.
• Now change the font size according to your choice.

When I attempt to follow these directions, the slider bar to make the font larger is at the far left. I can drag it to the right but as soon as I drop it, it bounces back to the left and therefore does NOT change the font size.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Susan Z

 

Font Size

Hi Ken,

Thank you for writing your query in Microsoft Community.

I would suggest you to follow the below steps and check if you are able to change the font size.

• 
  open Kindle app
  
• 
  Hamburger icon on the top left
  
• 
  Then select settings
  
• 
  Click on options and check if you are able to find options for font settings
  

You can try this short cut by pressing Ctrl button with scrolling your mouse to zoom the screen size.

Feel free to reply to us for further assistance and we’ll be more than happy to help.