Is it possible to change the font and icon sizes on the All Programs menu on
the Start button in Windows XP?

Yes -- but it's a hack. If you're comfortable with a hex editor and are
prepared for the risk I believe you will find software on the internet
that will do the deed. Backup, needless to say.

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Noozer wrote:

Yes.

Start Menu Icon sizes.

For the XP Start Menu...
Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Start Menu tab | Customize button |
General tab | Select Large icons or Small icons | Click OK | Click Apply |
Click OK

Large icons...
[[Specifies that the icons that represent programs and items on the Start
menu are displayed in a larger size.]]

Small icons...
[[Specifies that the icons that represent programs and items on the Start
menu are displayed in a smaller size. You can increase the number of
programs that are displayed in the most recently used programs list by
increasing the number in the Programs box.]]

For the Classic Start Menu...
Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Start Menu tab | Customize button |
Check or uncheck: Use Small Icons in Start menu

Unfortunately, this isn't the problem... The "menu" font size changes
the font size for the Start Menu (and menu-bar on the top of a
window), but not for the "All Programs Menu". You run into this
problem when you set your DPI settings to something other than 96 dpi.
It looks to me like MS thought of letting you reset your DPI, but they
didn't include a way to make it work right with everything. (I've
noticed a lot of apps that have messed up buttons and window gadgets
because of the DPI changes...)

BTW, this is the same sort of problem you encounter in Outlook when
you increase your DPI setting. Outlook defaults _ALL_ HTML messages to
"medium" font size, and there is no way (apparently) to change this.
You can manually reset each message - while you are reading it - but
as soon as you click off the message and go back to it (in the preview
pane), it gets reset back to "medium" again. This is quite annoying.
Everything looks like it was intended for vision impaired people.

Is there another solution to the "All Programs Menu" font size - that
doesn't include setting your DPI back to 96?

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rwilson

Hi,

You may setup Vista Start Menu program and use zoom function to
enlarge menu.
http://www.vistastartmenu.com

Unfortunatly nothing in your long reply answered his question on how to
change the font size of the all programs menu.

Wesley Vogel;2899424 Wrote: