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two separate more things to change.. I is the cursor change it to extra-large black and if you can also change the icon size from medium to extra large, right click on the desktop, select view and change the settings there.
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And Mike, do logout+login again after changing the scaling.
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The problem with that solution is that it changes the icons on <u>both</u> monitors, making them huge on my large monitor. &nbsp;<br />
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I only want to increase the size of the desktop icons on the laptop's screen. &nbsp;They are currently &nbsp;set to medium and even at that setting they are so tiny I can't read their labels.
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No, scaling is per monitor. You don't need to choose the same level on both.
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Yes, I've figured that out but why doesn't scaling effect the icons on the laptop monitor? &nbsp;They remain very small, even when I scale up.
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Icon's are a fixed size, Windows Vista onward also has 256x256 icons<br />
<a href="http://iconhandbook.co.uk/reference/chart/windows/" rel="ugc">http://iconhandbook.co.uk/reference/chart/windows/</a>
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Fixed size? Scaling changes their size, that is what scaling is about... Sure, the original icon file may have a pixel limit, but the visible icon gets larger when i scale at least in many steps up to 200%.
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Looks appears that Dave is correct, the icons on my Win 10 &nbsp;machine are not scaling. &nbsp;<br />
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I just went from 150 to 200 and my icons did not budge. They remained tiny and I still, have to &quot;magnify&quot; to read labels.
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Ok... let me put it this way: I cannot say for sure, that icons will grow to any size. I can only say for sure, that they do it here, where the max scaling level is 200%. What scaling levels are offered, depends on the resolution we set.<br />
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You might want to try some icon that we both have, a shortcut to notepad.exe<br />
So please create a new shortcut, target simply notepad.exe, and see if the icon size pleases your eyes. I would be suprised if you still saw a &quot;tiny&quot; icon, because mine is already huge even at 175% (on full HD).
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I created a &quot;test&quot; file and saved it to my Desktop. &nbsp;On my 27&quot; #2 screen the icon is normal size and the label is easy to read but when I drag it to my 14&quot; #1 screen; my laptop's screen, it's tiny and the label is so small that I have to sneak up on it!<br />
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Display settings on the #2 monitor are set to &quot;100% (Recommended)&quot; &nbsp;<br />
Display settings on the #1 monitor are set to &nbsp;&quot;200% (Recommended)&quot;<br />
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If I change the display settings on the #1 monitor my windows get bigger but the desktop icons do not change.
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There's something you seem to omit. Please make a screenshot with the 100%/200% setting.
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Ok, the left screen is definitely on 200% scaling and the icons are not as big as expected.<br />
I would like to stage that tomorrow in the office where I use monitors with different resolutions. I wonder if I can reproduce his effect.
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Did it. No matter on what screen I change the scaling setting, the icons get bigger/smaller on both screens. I wonder what is happening in your user profile. Could you create a test user and test with that one?
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Ok, but when I tried to create another account, using a phone number, I got an error message and when I tried an email address I got more grief and quit. &nbsp;I just don't want to mess up the account I have or create any more problems for myself.<br />
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Do you think, before we continue with this, that I should contact my Geek-Squad service and have them log onto my machine to make sure there are no viruses and no malware on this machine?<br />
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Let virii out of the equation, no sign of those yet.<br />
Please follow these easy steps to create a new test account:<br />
1 right click c:\windows\system32\cmd.ex<wbr />e and select &quot;run as administrator&quot;<br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41805980-1"><span>net user /add test test</span>
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Now you have a testuser &quot;test&quot;, password: test
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I switched to the Test profile and changed resolution on #1 and it had no effect on the size of the icon I put on that monitor.
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I Mean I changed &quot;the size of text, apps, and other items&quot; slider which was on 200% to start. &nbsp;All it did was change the size of the windows, it had no effect on the desktop icons.
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I do have a second computer, my desktop, but it isn't set up with a second monitor so I can't compare.
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I will accept this as the Best solution. &nbsp;But before I run the repair option I will contact my GeekSquad service, have them log on and run their standard &quot;cleanup&quot; utilities and ask them what they think is going on. <br />
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Thanks for your steadfast effort to answer this question for me.
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Don't rush it with accepting comments. But good luck with the repair process.
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I have a Surface Book and the desktop icons and the cursor are tiny! &nbsp;I can hardly read the icon text labels!<br />
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I tried &quot;Change the size of text, apps, and other items&quot; in Display Properties, setting #1 monitor; the laptop screen, to 150% but it didn't change the size of the desktop icons or the size of my cursor. &nbsp;<br />
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My #2 screen is large so I haven't had to change the settings for it.
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I have a Surface Book and the desktop icons and the cursor are tiny!  I can hardly read the icon text labels!

I tried "Change the size of text, apps, and other items" in Display Properties, setting #1 monitor; the laptop screen, to 150% but it didn't change the size of the desktop icons or the size of my cursor.  

My #2 screen is large so I haven't had to change the settings for it.

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