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Set icon size for Start menu items.

This setting can help you to select an icon size for programs displayed on the Start menu.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Description:

You can specify that the icons that represent programs and items on the Start menu, should be either displayed in a smaller or larger size.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a DWORD value “Start_LargeMFUIcons”, if this value does not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the value data with the desired icon size combination i.e. “1” for large icons and “0” for small icons.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Set Small Icon Size for Start Menu icons.reg

The '.reg' file will set Small Icon Size for Start Menu icons.

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Set Large Icon Size for Start Menu icons (Default).reg

The '.reg' file will set big Icon Size for Start Menu icons.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

Start_LargeMFUIcons

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

0 = Small Icons and 1 = Large Icons

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

Changed icon size for programs displayed on the Start menu are visible.

Default icon size for programs displayed on the Start menu are visible.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Next, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\] and create a DWORD value as 'Start_LargeMFUIcons'.

Now, right click on th DWORD value 'Start_LargeMFUIcons' and select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as '0' to make the icons displayed in the Start menu small and click 'OK'.

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