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How to change size of icons in system tray / notification area?
Hi, I’d like to increase the size of icons in system tray / notification area of Windows 10.
Is it possible to do this, maybe changing some registry values? Thank you in advance.
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Thanks for your reply.
- I haven’t made any changes apart from a Java update.
- Besides rebooting, I’ve tried a number of the “fixes” in the various forums. Eg 1) Trying to change the font size to 125% but my font size will only stay at 100%. 2) Going through the Settings options.
- The suggested changes via Start – that does not work and this is the basis for most people’s complaint. When you get to the Volume icon – it is greyed out but you cannot change it. However, I have an additional problem with the suggestion vis – there
is no Notifications and Icons. Mine says Notifications and Actions. However, if I right-click the System tray, Settings, I get Taskbar at the bottom of the menu. There it shows Turn system icons on or off. The Volume is greyed out. Another option is, Select
which icons appear on the taskbar. Volume is shown as blue / On. So in one place it is on while in another it is off.
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How to change size of icons in system tray / notification area?
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Hi EdTittel, thank your for your answer but this is not what I asked or what I’m looking for.
As I said, I want to change (specifically, increase) the size of the icons in the notification area (aka system tray), the size of icons in taskbar is already set as «large». I’ll post an image:I’d like to increase the size of those icons.
EDIT — I forgot to say, I already read the CNET page of your post.
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So sorry, I can’t seem to find anything that does exactly what you want. That said, it may be interesting to look into Freedom Scientific’s MAGic software, which provides persistent on-screen magnification capabilities: it’s a replacement for the built-in magnifier with a great many more features. Here’s a description of its latest version, but it costs $400 and thus may be laughably outside your budget.
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For Windows 7, ObjectDock (from StarDock) has a nice feature that lets you create a dock consisting of icons from the system tray/notification area that you select. And you can magnify the sizes of those icons in the dock to be any size you want.
Unfortunately, ObjectDock is not supported on Windows 10, and when I tried it anyway, that feature no longer works.
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How to change size of icons in system tray / notification area?
Thank you for your suggestion, I’d prefer a different (and possibly cheaper) solution. I also tried ObjectDock a few months ago and I had two major problems:
- It does not support Windows 10 and Windows 10 apps (as you said).
- It does not support notification badges.
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Среди частых вопросов, которые я получаю после выхода Windows 11 — изменение размеров значков на панели задач. Чаще интересуются, как увеличить, но возможно и уменьшение.
В этой инструкции подробно о том, как увеличить значки на панели задач с помощью редактора реестра, а также другие значения изменяемого параметра для уменьшения или возврата к исходному размеру. Если вы не готовы выполнять действия в реестре, то изменить размер панели задач и переместить её вверх можно в бесплатной программе Taskbar11.
Изменение размера значков панели задач Windows 11 в реестре
Параметры, отвечающие за увеличение или уменьшение панели задач в текущей версии Windows 11 не предусмотрены, однако мы можем изменить их размер с помощью редактора реестра. Для этого выполните следующие шаги:
- Нажмите клавиши Win+R на клавиатуре или нажмите правой кнопкой мыши по кнопке «Пуск» и выберите пункт «Выполнить». Введите regedit и нажмите Enter.
- Откроется редактор реестра. В нём перейдите к разделу
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- Закройте редактор реестра и выйдите из системы и снова зайдите, либо перезагрузите компьютер, чтобы изменения были применены. Вы увидите увеличенные значки на панели задач Windows 11.
Все доступные значения параметра TaskbarSi:
- 0 — маленькие значки панели задач
- 1 — стандартные (средние) значки
- 2 — большой размер значков
На мой взгляд, при увеличении размера значков, они выглядят не лучшим образом: быть может, функцию и дизайн дорабатывают и в дальнейшем настройка будет доступна в Параметра Windows 11.
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Windows System Tray icon size should be 32×32 with partial transparency.
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What my Windows 10 notification area/systray looks like:Link Removed
What everyone else’s seems to look like:
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You should be able to drag and drop them into the hidden folder. I know I have done that with mine.
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You should be able to drag and drop them into the hidden folder. I know I have done that with mine.
I don’t want to remove them from visibility. I just want the distance between the icons to be reduced.
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I don’t think you can change the distance but you can make them smaller if you haven’t already.
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I don’t think you can change the distance but you can make them smaller if you haven’t already.
How do I make them smaller?
And I don’t think there’s a way for me to manually adjust the spacing either, but other people’s screenshots show that their systray icons are closer together than mine, so there’s gotta be SOMETHING that’s causing this, right? I’m at a loss
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On your task bar right click on a blank spot. Then click on properties. Under taskbar you will see small Icon buttons. Check the box and hit apply. It will make everything smaller but I just tried it and it doesn’t change the space. Not for me anyway.
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On your task bar right click on a blank spot. Then click on properties. Under taskbar you will see small Icon buttons. Check the box and hit apply. It will make everything smaller but I just tried it and it doesn’t change the space. Not for me anyway.
Yeah I said in the OP that small taskbar icons doesn’t affect anything (other than the taskbar icons). Thanks for trying though.
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Sorry I over looked that. Hopefully someone here will have an answer for you.
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Doesn’t seem to help
Just a peculiar problem that I hope someone figures out someday. I’ve asked about this at like seven different places and no one has any idea. I appreciate your attempts though.
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Your welcome. Sorry I couldn’t help more.
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MS really messed this up with W10. I like having a double high task bar because I still like using QuickLaunch. But I also like seeing the day of the week in the system tray clock like this:
2:04PM
Monday
8/17/2015
In the past, I could have a double high task bar and still have 3 lines for the day/day/date. But now with W10, to get the day of the week in there too, you have to have a triple high task bar and that just takes up too much space.
I’m retired. Every day is alike. I need reminding as to what day of the week it is.
The alternative is to have large taskbar buttons and they take up too much room too!
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The reason your icons in the System Tray are more spaced apart is because you have a touch screen computer. There is no way to disable this without killing your touch screen. The icons are spaced that way so that they are easier to discern your touch when selecting them.
If you want to test what I’m saying you can open Device Manager and expand Human Interface Devices and right click on HID-compliant Touch Screen and then click on Disable and then click Yes to the warning.
You’ll notice after doing my procedure, that instantly your icons will appear closer together in the System Tray. There may be some extra space to the right which will go away if you click on the hidden icon up-arrow tray button.
To set things back the way they were right click on HID-compliant Touch Screen in Device Manager and Enable to get your touch screen working again….which will make the icon spacing in the System Tray go back to being wider spaced for touch. The clock or other icons may be cut off when testing this which can be fixed by again clicking on the up-arrow for hidden icons tray button.
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Hi
My personal solution is to use Rocket Dock.
I’ve used it for years, and it has a lot of customization options.
It puts all the software that I use one click away and right on my desktop without making it into a big jumble.
Now I know that I can do basically the same thing in the Start Menu but I still feel this is more convenient, and because I can arrange it any way I want to, I can almost click on them blindfolded, I’ve kept them in the same configuration for years.
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I have to add that I’ve never used RocketDock on a touch screen, so there may be issues that I’m not aware of, but I don’t see any reason that it shouldn’t work since you can adjust the spacing or set the size of the icons to whatever you want.
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Since there is so much confusion, I might as well clarify what IcyStorm is talking about. This screenshot shows the difference between the taskbar on my surface 3 and of my old HP heap. (I connected to the HP computer via the remote desktop app, so the top taskbar is on the remote machine and the bottom one is the host.)
Notice how much more space there is between the surface’s notification area icons. They are all the same icons, but they are taking up extra room.
I’m guessing this has something to do with the surface having a touchscreen and the HP not having one.
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Since there is so much confusion, I might as well clarify what IcyStorm is talking about. This screenshot shows the difference between the taskbar on my surface 3 and of my old HP heap. (I connected to the HP computer via the remote desktop app, so the top taskbar is on the remote machine and the bottom one is the host.)
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Notice how much more space there is between the surface’s notification area icons. They are all the same icons, but they are taking up extra room.
I’m guessing this has something to do with the surface having a touchscreen and the HP not having one.
galfert has the right answer. Disable that and you’re good to go, but if you are using a touchscreen, disabling that «device» will obviously prevent you from using your touchscreen.
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Your icons are spaced like that because you are in tablet mode.
- Press [Windows key + i]
- Click on System
- Click on Tablet Mode
- Turn off «Make Windows more touch friendly…»
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The size of the icons at the top of the taskbar can only be small or biological (larger). You can change it in the settings of the taskbar (right-click an empty area of the taskbar and select the position of the taskbar at the bottom. Then uncheck “Use small buttons from the taskbar”).
g.Right click on an incredibly blank space on your desktop.Select Display Options from the pop-up menu.Move my slider under “Resize text, apps and other items” to help you 100%, 125%, 150%, or 175%.At the bottom of the Locations window, click Apply.
Would you like the desktop models in Windows 10 to be larger so you don’t have to look at them, or to be lighter on your laptop with a touchscreen could print? Or do you want this type of product to be smaller so that shortcuts do not take up as much space on your laptop screen? Don’t worry, we have a list of extra quick steps to resize icons in Windows 10.
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How do I resize the taskbar icons in Windows 11?
Windows 11 doesn’t allow you to resize system tray icons, so you can’t make them small or large depending on your personal preference. You cannot increase or decrease the importance of the taskbar.
Right click an empty space on each desktop.Select Display Options from the pop-up menu.Under Resize Articles, Attachments, and Other Items, move the slider to 100%, 125%, 150%, or 175%.In the platform settings window, click Apply.
3. Select “Large Icons”, “Medium” or “Icons”, “Small Models”. This is the standard middle character.
How do I resize the taskbar icons in Windows 10?
Right click on, I would say, the taskbar.Select “Taskbar Settings”.Set Use small control buttons on the taskbar to On.
On my laptop with a native 1600 x 900 display, one large option looks huge, the small thickness is also small, and the average length and width are ideal (as Goldilocks would say). Your mileage may vary depending on the screen resolution of your personal screen. Changing the size of desktop icons does not have much effect on the size of icons in other partsWindows 10, but customers can also resize them.
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3. In the “Change the basic sizes of text, attachments, and many elements” section, move the slider to 100%, 150%, 125%, or 175%.
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