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Resize Icons Quickly in Windows Vista Explorer

If you are in a folder and would like to quickly resize the icons, there's a shortcut you can use with your mouse wheel to resize the icons. This is a great way to show off the beauty of the new vector icons in Vista to your friends.

Just hold down the Ctrl key, and scroll the mouse wheel in any folder. The icons will immediately resize bigger or smaller.

Check out the new Windows Media Player icon scaled really huge:

Sweet!

The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. When he's not coming up with great how-to articles, he's probably writing at his personal blog. This article was written on 01/7/07 and tagged with: Windows Vista, Managing Files and Folders

Comments (1)

  1. Sean

    Great hint , I often find myself switching Icon views in Vista , This way is so easy and so simple


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