About this tag
The tag 'wide icons' on WindowsForum.com covers user reports of desktop icons suddenly appearing abnormally wide, often at three times their normal width. Affected users have tried rebooting, switching to a single monitor setup, adjusting icon size and alignment settings, and creating new icons, but the issue persists. The problem appears unrelated to typical icon size controls and may involve display or graphics driver anomalies. Discussions focus on troubleshooting steps and potential solutions for this specific icon distortion problem in Windows.
  1. Mark Butler

    Windows 7 Desktop icons suddenly 3x as wide

    Hi, I just logged onto my computer and all my icons are about 3x as wide as they should be: Link Removed Never seen this before and a Google search showed up with nothing. Anyone have any ideas? Things I've tried: Rebooting Changing to a single monitor setup (I use three) All combinations...
    • Mark Butler
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    • desktop display icons monitor setup resolution settings troubleshooting user interface wide icons windows
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support