Windows 10 desktop icon spacing suddenly changed
Occasionally, your desktop icons may be spaced out too far or very close to each other in Windows. The desktop icon spacing may sometimes be messed up after installing a video driver update. Show In some cases, the vertical spacing may be fine, but the horizontal spacing may be messed up (e.g., showing a rectangle) or vice versa. You may have tried the following steps, but in vain:
If restarting Windows doesnt fix the desktop icons position or spacing issue, this article has some methods to resolve the problem. [Fix] Desktop Icons Spacing is Messed Up in WindowsFix the Icon Spacing metricsThe desktop icon spacing metrics can be fixed using the Registry Editor. Follow these steps:
RELATED: How to Reset Window Color and Appearance Settings? Change the themeThe desktop theme youre using may have set an incorrect desktop icon spacing metric. The theme creator can specify system metrics in a .theme file. System metrics are the dimensions of various display elements, such as the window border width, icon height, caption buttons height or width, or scroll bar width. See if changing to the stock Windows Aero theme helps. Change the display scaling percentageIf that doesnt work, then you may try installing the latest video drivers from the manufacturers site. Also, try lowering the display scaling percentage (e.g., change DPI scaling 125% to 110% or 100%) in display settings to see if that helps. One small request: If you liked this post, please share this?One "tiny" share from you would seriously help a lot with the growth of this blog. Some great suggestions:
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