>
> 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
>
> Use Small Icons in Start menu checked...
> [[Reduces the size of the icons in the Start menu.]]
>
> Use Small Icons in Start menu unchecked uses larger icons.
>
> Step by Step Tutorials for Windows XP: Use Large Icons
>
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsxp/uselargeicons.aspx
>
> Start Menu Font.
>
> If you select a windows and buttons setting other than Windows Classic,
> it
> will override the above settings, except in some older programs.
>
> Note: In order to fully use this feature you must have your Windows
> and
> buttons setting on Windows Classic.
>
> Windows Classic style in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance
> tab
> of Display Properties, *NOT* Windows Classic theme on the Themes tab
> of
> Display Properties. These are two entirely different things.
>
> Display Properties | Appearance tab | Windows and buttons |
> Set to Windows Classic style
>
> You can change the look of individual items if you select Windows
> Classic
> style in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab of Display
> Properties.
>
> You can see what most of the changes will look like in the preview
> window as
> you make changes before applying them.
>
> Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Advanced button |
> Click the V Under Item: to expand the menu |
> Window elements menu:
>
> * Menu
>
> Is the Menu bar; with File, Edit, View, etc. Size is the bar height.
> Color
> 1 is the bar background color. Font choice, font color, font size and
> Bold
> or Italic. Changing the font size larger will also change the bar
> height
> larger to accommodate the larger text size.
> Besides the text on the Start menu, this also affects right click
> menus;
> File, Edit, View, etc. text on the Menu bar; the text on File, Edit,
> View,
> etc. menus.
>
> Notes:
> * Changing the look of individual items is only useful if you select
> Windows
> Classic in the Windows and buttons list on the Appearance tab. If you
> select
> a different option, the theme determines the appearance of your menus,
> fonts, icons and other Window elements.
>
> * The Font area will be unavailable for elements in the Item list that
> do
> not display text.
>
> * Note that you must use the same font and size for the Active Title
> Bar and
> Inactive Title Bar items, and that bold or italic selections for either
> item
> are applied to both items. If you choose a desktop theme after you
> change
> fonts or colors, the fonts and colors for that desktop theme override
> your
> selections.
>
> * Sizes are in pixels. Pixel is short for picture element, one spot in
> a
> rectilinear grid of thousands of such spots that form an image produced
> on
> the screen by a computer or on paper by a printer. A pixel is the
> smallest
> element that display or print hardware and software can manipulate to
> create
> letters, numbers, or graphics. A pixel is also called a pel.
>
> * Never a good thing to have the background color and the font color
> the
> same, it makes it tough to read any text.
>
> Also on the Advanced Appearance in Display Properties, you can click on
> the
> different items that are displayed at the top in the preview window and
> the
> corresponding item will be listed in the Item list. For example if
> you
> click on Inactive Window, Inactive Title Bar will be displayed under
> Item.
> Click on the narrow border on the Inactive Window and Inactive Window
> Border
> will be listed. Click on any of the Minimize, Maximize or Close
> buttons [X]
> buttons and Caption Buttons will be listed. Click on Active Window
> and
> Active Title Bar will be listed. Click on the word Normal and Menu
> will be
> listed. Click on the word Selected and Selected Items will be listed.
> Click where its says Window Text and Window will be listed. Click on
> the
> vertical scrollbar and Scrollbar will be listed. Click on the narrow
> border
> to the right of the vertical scroll bar and Active Window Border will
> be
> listed. Click on the words Message Text and Message Box will be
> listed.
> Click on the OK button and 3D Objects will be listed. Click on the
> preview
> window background and Desktop will be displayed.
>
> How to Change the Font, Size, and Colors of Desktop Items
>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310543
>
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> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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