How can I increase the font size in Vista's Explorer (Not IE)

[Donk]

How can I increase the size of the font used in Explorer's folder pane
(Treeview) and the file detail pane (Listview)?

I don't want to change desktop icon fonts or Internet Explorer fonts
or . . . Just "File" Explorer fonts.

Thank you,

Don
Bothell, WA

 

[Jdr]

At the top Tool / Menu Bar of IE go to > Tools > Internet Options >Fonts
or right click at the top Menu Bar > Customize Command Bar > Add or Remove
Command.

 

[Donk]

At the top Tool / Menu Bar of IE go to > Tools > Internet Options >Fonts
or right click at the top Menu Bar > Customize Command Bar > Add or Remove
Command.

Thank you Jdr but if you look at my subject and re-read my post you
will see that I asked about Explorer, not Internet Explorer.

DOn
Bothell, WA

 

[John Smith]

gesh... lol you even mentioned it and still they mixed it up.. lol


you can change the DPI settings of all the interface of vista, universally
and not a specific area

HOWEVER there are other file managers that can be configured to do that..
like xyplorer (shareware)

 

[Donald Lessau]

gesh... lol you even mentioned it and still they mixed it up.. lol


you can change the DPI settings of all the interface of vista, universally
and not a specific area

HOWEVER there are other file managers that can be configured to do that..
like xyplorer (shareware)

In XYplorer simply hold CTRL and turn the mouse wheel up/down to
increase/decrease the font size on the fly. Instant zoom!

http://www.xyplorer.com/

Don

 

[DarkSentinel]

Thank you Jdr but if you look at my subject and re-read my post you
will see that I asked about Explorer, not Internet Explorer.

Under the Aero them you can't really as far as I know. Other than changing
from 96 to 120 dpi that is. You CAN do it if you use the Windows Classic
theme. That is done just like you did it under XP etc.

 

[John Smith]

I highly recomend XYPlorer for VISTA.. why>?

Because in vista they totally destroyed WINDOWS EXPLORER user interface..

the only good thing about it is that it shows better thumbails.. thats it..


OH!! I just remembered, there is also a limited freeware version of XYPLORER
now ...

see here: http://www.xyplorer.com/free.php

XYplorerFree
2007 was a very good year for XYplorer. More popularity, more sales, and the
cause of the former: A lot of great improvements. So I thought: Why not give
away one of the earlier versions for free? Scanning through the change log I
found a natural candidate, ver 5.50.0001, released 17-Dec-2006, the last
version before the introduction of the new license key. So I took the
original v5.50 code, polished it somewhat, raised the version number to
5.55, recompiled it, wrapped it all up in a no-install-package including a
help file, and called it XYplorerFree.

Yes, that's right: XYplorer ver 5.55 is now available for free! Free as in:
Fully functional. No nagging. No limitations. You may even use it
commercially!

What's the catch? No email support or updates. Compare the features and
decide whether you want the free thing or the real thing. You choose...

 

[Donk]

Very nice. Thanks for remembering about the freeware version.

I thaought (very breifly) about writing my own version with resizeable
fonts. It would take less than an hour but duplicating, even the
freeware version, of XYplorer would probably take me a year.

Thank you,

Don

 

[graham1cr]

Changing the icon text size will also change the text size in Explorer
(not IE). I personally prefer just to make the text in explorer bold.

Right click desktop>Personalise>Window Color & Appearance>open Classic
Appearance>Advanced>scroll down on Item and select Icon. Here u can
change the font size from default 9, and/or select bold Click. OK and
Apply.

Cheers
Graham

 

[Venkat P.V.]

Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Personalization

Open this and click on Adjust font size (Left side Task menu) to your
desired size.

This might help you

Thanks
Venkat