Windows 7 Desktop icons suddenly 3x as wide

[Mark Butler]

Hi,

I just logged onto my computer and all my icons are about 3x as wide as they should be:

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 of icon sizes, align to grid, auto-arrange etc.
• Deleting old icons and creating new ones (the new ones are also wide)

Thanks in advance!

 

[Mark Butler]

Fixed it:

Personalise → Window Color → Advanced appearance settings

Select Icon Spacing (Horizontal) and set back to 50 or so.

 

[Trouble]

Glad to hear that you were able to resolve your problem.
Thanks for posting back and updating your thread with your solution as it may very well help others with a similar issue.
Hope to continue to see you around the forum.
Regards
Randy