Set icon size for Start menu items.
This setting can help you to select an icon size for programs displayed on the Start menu.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
You can specify that the icons that represent programs and items on the start menu, should be either displayed in a smaller or larger size. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value start_largemfuicons, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value data with the desired icon size combination i.e. 1 for large icons and 0 for small icons. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
You can specify that the icons that represent programs and items on the start menu, should be either displayed in a smaller or larger size. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value start_largemfuicons, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value data with the desired icon size combination i.e. 1 for large icons and 0 for small icons. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Next, go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\] </b> and create a DWORD value as 'Start_LargeMFUIcons'.

Now, right click on th DWORD value 'Start_LargeMFUIcons' and select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as '0' to make the icons displayed in the Start menu small and click 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: Start_LargeMFUIcons
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 0
- Disabled Value: 1
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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