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by erkay

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Does anyone know of a way to change the size of the icons next to the clock on the taskbar? We run many services that require accessing options through those icons, and many of our attorneys complain of not being able to see them; a larger size would help. Can this be done?

Thanks!

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by mslizny

I quote from Windows Help:

"To customize the taskbar or Start menu

1 Click the Start button, and then point to Settings.
2 Click Taskbar.
3 On the Taskbar Options or Start Menu Programs tab, change settings as needed."

by erkay

I tried this before, but there is no option for changing the size of the icons on the taskbar.

Thanks anyway!

by syscokid

I don't believe so. If you are running at 800x600 screen resolution you could change it to 640x480, but that may not be an ideal solution.

by erkay

Tried this one, but this was not the effect we were looking for.

Thanks anyway!

by ploppy

You can do it, but it's fiddly and has some undesirable side-effects.

From within Control Panel/Display, go to the appearance tab. Drop down the Item: list and select Active Title Bar. Increase the size until one step at a time, until the icons are the size you want (you'll need to click apply after each change to see the reults).

The unwanted side-effects are:
1. You taskbar gets fatter
2. Application title bars take up more space
3. The icons in the system tray (the ones you want to make bigger) get very blocky.

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