How can I control the size of icons in Control Panel?

The size of icons in Control Panel suddenly became very large. I don't see
any way (as I had in XP and even in other parts of Vista) to change the size
of icons or to select something like "details." I used System Restore to go
back, and the icons were the size I wanted. The next day -- after Windows
again downloaded an update -- the huge icons were back. Help! Surely there
is some way to control this that I simply don't know.

I am using Vista Home Premium (full version, not OEM).

Thanks,
MaryL

 

Select View from within Control Panel, then the size you want.

Stuart

 

Hi Mary

You can enable the Menu bar for Windows Explorer, then while in th
Control Panel, click on View and select a icon size. This tutorial wil
show you how to enable the Menu bar if needed

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/92073-menu-bar.htm

Hope this helps
Shaw

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Control Panel >Classic View

Right click on white space.

Select View

Choose your icon size

 

Thanks! That did it. I don't even have an explanation as to why I didn't
discover this before. I use right-click for so many things that I certainly
should have tried it here. The missing menu bar stumped me, though.
Everywhere else, I can simply select "view" from that bar, but the menu bar
is missing from my Control Panel. Brink described a way to enable menu bar,
and I'm also going to look into that.

MaryL

 

Thanks for the information. I'm going to look into that. Oscar suggested
using right-click. I don't know how I overlooked that, but it solved the
problem. I would still like to enable the menu bar, though, so I'm going to
check it out.

MaryL

 

I did not have a menu bar, so I did not see any way to select View. The
solution was simple (provided by Oscar), and I should have discovered it
myself -- that is, I needed to right-click on white space. Once I enable
the menu bar, I should be able to select View as I do in other folders.

Thanks,
MaryL