http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: adjusting space between the icons on the desktop en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:13:30 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/adjusting-space-between-the-icons-on-the-desktop#post-24342 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:00:19 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 24342@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>yep </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/adjusting-space-between-the-icons-on-the-desktop#post-24336 Wed, 14 May 2008 16:46:03 +0000 SarahJames 24336@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I have no doubt you get it right!<br /> If things don't work, we put the blame on Microsoft, right? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/adjusting-space-between-the-icons-on-the-desktop#post-24325 Wed, 14 May 2008 16:00:01 +0000 Lighthouse 24325@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Of course it does. I am very rarely/often wrong :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/adjusting-space-between-the-icons-on-the-desktop#post-24319 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:27:40 +0000 SarahJames 24319@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Ha! And that one works too:) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/adjusting-space-between-the-icons-on-the-desktop#post-24306 Wed, 14 May 2008 13:28:55 +0000 Lighthouse 24306@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Well at least something works for you :)</p> <p>And I just remembered the quick way to get to Appearance Settings<br /> press the Win+R keys<br /> type in "control color" (without the quotes)<br /> press &lt;enter&gt;<br /> and there you are. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/adjusting-space-between-the-icons-on-the-desktop#post-24294 Wed, 14 May 2008 09:12:04 +0000 SarahJames 24294@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Found it! - Ohhh, that's sooo much better;-)<br /> Thanks! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/adjusting-space-between-the-icons-on-the-desktop#post-24293 Wed, 14 May 2008 08:51:30 +0000 Lighthouse 24293@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Right click on desktop<br /> select Personalize &gt; Windows color and appearance &gt; Open classic appearance...... &gt; Advanced<br /> Expand where it says Desktop, and you will see the 2 Icon Spacing settings </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/adjusting-space-between-the-icons-on-the-desktop#post-24292 Wed, 14 May 2008 08:45:28 +0000 SarahJames 24292@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Advanced appearance - where do I find that? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/adjusting-space-between-the-icons-on-the-desktop#post-24289 Wed, 14 May 2008 08:14:07 +0000 Lighthouse 24289@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Option1<br /> Right click on the desktop. Select "View",<br /> uncheck "auto arrange" and "align to grid"</p> <p>Option2<br /> Leave those 2 settings checked<br /> (If you prefer to arrange them yourself, uncheck "auto arrange")<br /> In "Advanced Appearance" set the 2 "Icon Spacing" to what you want </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/adjusting-space-between-the-icons-on-the-desktop#post-24288 Wed, 14 May 2008 08:09:17 +0000 SarahJames 24288@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Edit: I also miss the option to change the colour of the text on the icons. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/adjusting-space-between-the-icons-on-the-desktop#post-24287 Wed, 14 May 2008 08:07:27 +0000 SarahJames 24287@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Browsing through the How-to's I read about changing text (i.e. no text) on icons etc., but what I'm looking for is how I can change the space kept between the icons.<br /> I mean, it looks like this:</p> <p><a href="http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc103/RareSarah/?action=view&#38;current=IconspaceDefault.png"><img src="http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc103/RareSarah/IconspaceDefault.png"></a></p> <p>And I want this (edited with PSP):</p> <p><a href="http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc103/RareSarah/?action=view&#38;current=IconspaceEdited.png"><img src="http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc103/RareSarah/IconspaceEdited.png"></a></p> <p>I changed it easily on my Win98, but on Vista I haven't found it. Did I overlook something?</p> <p>Cheers,<br /> Sarah </p>