{"id":26267,"date":"2022-09-13T17:09:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tom.ji42.com\/?p=26267"},"modified":"2022-09-13T17:09:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:09:23","slug":"how-to-change-desktop-icon-spacing-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tom.tomwork.net\/?p=26267","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Desktop Icon Spacing in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Three Steps to Change Desktop Icon Spacing in Windows 10<\/h2>\n

Step 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Press\u00a0Windows+R<\/strong>\u00a0simultaneously, and then a new window is opened. Type “regedit<\/strong>” in the blank, and click the button of\u00a0OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Step 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Navigate to the following location:\u00a0HKEY_CURRENT_USER> Control Panel> Desktop> WindowMetrics<\/strong><\/p>\n

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To change desktop icon horizontal spacing, double click\u00a0IconSpacing<\/strong>\u00a0to modify the value. You can choose any value from -480 to -2730 (-480 represents the minimum and -2780 represents the maximum). Then tap\u00a0OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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To change desktop icon vertical spacing, double click\u00a0IconVerticalSpacing<\/strong>. You can set any value between -480 to -2730 the same way. Tap\u00a0OK<\/strong>\u00a0to save changes.<\/p>\n

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Step 3.<\/strong>\u00a0Log off or restart the computer, the changes would be made to the icons on the desktop.<\/p>\n

Tips:<\/strong>\u00a0You can set different value for the vertical and the horizontal icon spacing from -480 to -2730 according to your preference, as you may want wider or narrower icon space between the rows or columns. You can try a few more times to get your ideal desktop icon spacing.<\/p>\n

2. Extensions: Two Ways to Resize Desktop Icon<\/h2>\n

Do you want to make your desktop icon larger or smaller? Two ways here help you resize your desktop icons easily.<\/p>\n

Way 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Right kick an empty space on the desktop. Select\u00a0View<\/strong>\u00a0and choose\u00a0Large icons<\/strong>,\u00a0Medium icons<\/strong>, or\u00a0Small icons<\/strong>. The default one is Medium icons.<\/p>\n

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Way 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Right kick an empty space on the desktop, select\u00a0View<\/strong>\u00a0and tick\u00a0Auto arrange icons<\/strong>. Press\u00a0Ctrl<\/strong>, and then slide the mouse’s roller (larger forward, smaller backward).<\/p>\n

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Tips:<\/strong>\u00a0If you don’t tick Auto arrange icons at first, when desktop icons are resized, the arrangement of desktop icons will be disordered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Three Steps to Change Desktop Icon Spacing in Windows 10 Step 1.\u00a0Press\u00a0Windows+R\u00a0simultaneously, and then a new window is opened. Type “regedit” in the blank, and click the button of\u00a0OK. Step 2.\u00a0Navigate to the following location:\u00a0HKEY_CURRENT_USER> Control Panel> Desktop> WindowMetrics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cOVM-6PF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.tomwork.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.tomwork.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.tomwork.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.tomwork.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.tomwork.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tom.tomwork.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26268,"href":"https:\/\/tom.tomwork.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26267\/revisions\/26268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.tomwork.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.tomwork.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.tomwork.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}