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John
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      13th Aug 2008
One of my XP Pro machines has small icons in the QL toolbar and the other has
large icons. How do I change this one to small?

Thx for your help, -John
 
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      13th Aug 2008
"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> One of my XP Pro machines has small icons in the QL toolbar and the other has
> large icons. How do I change this one to small?
>
> Thx for your help, -John



See if this helps.

Right click on your Taskbar and click on Lock the Taskbar if there's a check
mark next to it. This should unlock your Taskbar.
You should now see a vertical dotted bar next to your Start button.
Place your mouse pointer over this bar and right click.
You should see a menu with View at the top.
Move your mouse pointer up to View and see which option, large or small icons,
is checked.
Click on Small Icons if it's not checked.
Once you're finished right click on the Taskbar and click on Lock the Taskbar to
restore the check mark.

Good luck

Nepatsfan


 
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Jo-Anne
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      13th Aug 2008
Thank you, Nepatsfan! This is something I've been wanting to do too, and it
works perfectly.

Jo-Anne

"Nepatsfan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:12E26A37-3FD9-4BEF-9CA5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> One of my XP Pro machines has small icons in the QL toolbar and the other
>> has
>> large icons. How do I change this one to small?
>>
>> Thx for your help, -John

>
>
> See if this helps.
>
> Right click on your Taskbar and click on Lock the Taskbar if there's a
> check mark next to it. This should unlock your Taskbar.
> You should now see a vertical dotted bar next to your Start button.
> Place your mouse pointer over this bar and right click.
> You should see a menu with View at the top.
> Move your mouse pointer up to View and see which option, large or small
> icons, is checked.
> Click on Small Icons if it's not checked.
> Once you're finished right click on the Taskbar and click on Lock the
> Taskbar to restore the check mark.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>



 
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Nepatsfan
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      14th Aug 2008
You're welcome, Jo-Anne.

Nepatsfan

"Jo-Anne" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thank you, Nepatsfan! This is something I've been wanting to do too, and it
> works perfectly.
>
> Jo-Anne
>
> "Nepatsfan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23gK2sYZ$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:12E26A37-3FD9-4BEF-9CA5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> One of my XP Pro machines has small icons in the QL toolbar and the other
>>> has
>>> large icons. How do I change this one to small?
>>>
>>> Thx for your help, -John

>>
>>
>> See if this helps.
>>
>> Right click on your Taskbar and click on Lock the Taskbar if there's a check
>> mark next to it. This should unlock your Taskbar.
>> You should now see a vertical dotted bar next to your Start button.
>> Place your mouse pointer over this bar and right click.
>> You should see a menu with View at the top.
>> Move your mouse pointer up to View and see which option, large or small
>> icons, is checked.
>> Click on Small Icons if it's not checked.
>> Once you're finished right click on the Taskbar and click on Lock the Taskbar
>> to restore the check mark.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>>
>>

>
>




 
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John
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      14th Aug 2008
Nepatsfan, I thank you too! I've done this before, but never understood what
I was doing. -John

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:12E26A37-3FD9-4BEF-9CA5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > One of my XP Pro machines has small icons in the QL toolbar and the other has
> > large icons. How do I change this one to small?
> >
> > Thx for your help, -John

>
>
> See if this helps.
>
> Right click on your Taskbar and click on Lock the Taskbar if there's a check
> mark next to it. This should unlock your Taskbar.
> You should now see a vertical dotted bar next to your Start button.
> Place your mouse pointer over this bar and right click.
> You should see a menu with View at the top.
> Move your mouse pointer up to View and see which option, large or small icons,
> is checked.
> Click on Small Icons if it's not checked.
> Once you're finished right click on the Taskbar and click on Lock the Taskbar to
> restore the check mark.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>

 
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Nepatsfan
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      14th Aug 2008
You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Nepatsfan, I thank you too! I've done this before, but never understood what
> I was doing. -John
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:12E26A37-3FD9-4BEF-9CA5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > One of my XP Pro machines has small icons in the QL toolbar and the other
>> > has
>> > large icons. How do I change this one to small?
>> >
>> > Thx for your help, -John

>>
>>
>> See if this helps.
>>
>> Right click on your Taskbar and click on Lock the Taskbar if there's a check
>> mark next to it. This should unlock your Taskbar.
>> You should now see a vertical dotted bar next to your Start button.
>> Place your mouse pointer over this bar and right click.
>> You should see a menu with View at the top.
>> Move your mouse pointer up to View and see which option, large or small
>> icons,
>> is checked.
>> Click on Small Icons if it's not checked.
>> Once you're finished right click on the Taskbar and click on Lock the Taskbar
>> to
>> restore the check mark.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>>
>>
>>




 
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Jo-Anne
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      14th Aug 2008
Thank you, Vanguard! Although it didn't work for the taskbar, it did remind
me how to do it for the Start Menu. (I needed the same information John
did...)

Jo-Anne

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> John wrote:
>
>> One of my XP Pro machines has small icons in the QL toolbar and the other
>> has
>> large icons. How do I change this one to small?

>
> The following might work. Which you use depends on which UI you've
> chosen to use in Windows XP: the classic UI or the Fisher-Price fluff
> UI.
>
> - Right-click on the Windows taskbar, select Properties.
> - Start Menu tab. Click Customize button.
> - For the Classic Start menu UI:
> o Advanced Start menu options, scroll down.
> o Find "Show Small Icons in Start menu" and enable it.
> - For the Start menu (Fisher-Price UI):
> o General tab.
> o Select the icon size.
> - OK your way out.



 
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Jo-Anne
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      15th Aug 2008
Thank you again! I'll keep a copy of this post for reference. Right now, my
taskbar is only one row, but it might not be in the future.

Jo-Anne

"VanguardLH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Jo-Anne wrote:
>
>> Jo-Anne
>>
>>> "VanguardLH" wrote ...
>>>
>>> John wrote:
>>>>
>>>> One of my XP Pro machines has small icons in the QL toolbar and the
>>>> other
>>>> has
>>>> large icons. How do I change this one to small?
>>>
>>> The following might work. Which you use depends on which UI you've
>>> chosen to use in Windows XP: the classic UI or the Fisher-Price fluff
>>> UI.
>>>
>>> - Right-click on the Windows taskbar, select Properties.
>>> - Start Menu tab. Click Customize button.
>>> - For the Classic Start menu UI:
>>> o Advanced Start menu options, scroll down.
>>> o Find "Show Small Icons in Start menu" and enable it.
>>> - For the Start menu (Fisher-Price UI):
>>> o General tab.
>>> o Select the icon size.
>>> - OK your way out.

>>
>> Thank you, Vanguard! Although it didn't work for the taskbar, it did
>> remind
>> me how to do it for the Start Menu. (I needed the same information John
>> did...)

>
> If you have more than one row for the Windows taskbar, you need to
> right-click on the drag handle for the bottom row next to the Start
> button.



 
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