Windows 10 icon names not wrapping after resolution and scaling changes

Question

I changed the scaling and resolution of my monitor but it somehow messed up the icon names on my desktop. I have tried resetting and changing desktop theme but nothing seems to work. Icon names are not wrapping and I cannot find any setting to fix this.

I have set the icons on auto-arrange and auto-align but they are spread out all over the desktop, with their full names being displayed. I am assuming that the issue is with wrapping of icon names but I don't know exactly what is happening. Any help is much appreciated.

Solution

The issue here is not the wrapping, it's the icon spacing. You can tinker with these settings by editing the following registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\IconSpacing

and

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\IconVerticalSpacing

(the default values are -1128) and you may also have luck just going to Control Panel > File Explorer Options > View tab > and then clicking the "Restore Defaults" button.

Reference: Tom's Hardware

Comments

[DavidPostill]

At leat two of them are wrapping. Please clarify your question.

[rxp3292]

@DavidPostill You are right. I did not notice that some icon names are wrapping. I guess the spacing between icons has increased somehow.

[DavidPostill]

Change Desktop Icon Spacing in Windows 10 | Tutorials

[rxp3292]

The default settings are -1128 for both horizontal and vertical spacing of icons as shown in the tutorial shared by David Postill in the comment section of this problem.