Set icon size for Start menu items.

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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.




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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

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  • 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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