User's Manual
Customize Windows
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Starting with Windows XP, it is no longer possible to change the maximum color depth of
icons since they are now always set to the 32-bit maximum. If you still use one of the older
operating systems, you can change the color depth value here.
Using a sliding bar, you can change the size of icons on your desktop. They can even be
made twice their current size if you find them to be too small. You can also shrink the icons
to a very small size in order to gain more desktop space.
You can even specify how much space should be between the individual icons, both
vertically and horizontally.
The Show shortcut arrow
"Repair" category
option is very interesting (only available in versions up to
Windows XP). By clearing the checkmark in front of this option, you can get rid of the little
arrow that normally appears in front of every shortcut. Many users find the arrow annoying.
It's great fun to change Windows icons and give Windows a personal touch here and there.
But what do you do when the changes you want to make to icons don't take effect or when
Windows confuses one icon with another?
Reload Icons
In this case, click Repair in the navigation bar and then click Reload Icons. And the
display errors will disappear.
A
preview
Icon color depth
of your
changes can be
seen on the left
side of the window
at all times.
This is how to
change the size of
the icon.
This is how you
change the icon
spacing.
This is how you get
rid of the shortcut
arrow.