Dear Computer Lady,

I am a long-time reader of your wonderful newsletter.  I have not just fallen of the turnip truck by any means computer-wise and your newsletter continues to give me absolutely great info. 

Question: XP Pro, I have pinned many programs to my start menu but there are too many items and they won’t all display because there’s no room, so I need to get smaller icons just for the start menu. 

Is it possible to decrease the size of the menu icons only? I do not want to change the size of the desktop icons.

Marge

Dear Marge,

Yes, you can change the size of the menu icons without decreasing the desktop icons.

Right click on a blank spot of your XP taskbar, and click on Properties to bring up the “Taskbar and Start Menu Properties” window.

Click on the “Start Menu” tab at the top and then click on the active “Customize” button in the lower section.

On the “General” tab, you will see a section that will allow you to select “Large Icons” or “Small Icons” for your start menu.

Make your selection and click “OK” twice to save your changes.

Elizabeth
PS: Directions for this and many other XP changes can be found in my e-book “How To Customize The Windows XP Taskbar and Start Menu” at: http://asktcl.com/ebooks/XPtskbr.htm