Windows 10 icons appearance changed

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I'm not sure how your cat managed it, as the keyboard shortcut to do this is Ctrl + Shift + 8 I believe.

However, to put it back to normal, right click anywhere on the desktop, click view, followed by any option, EG Medium Icons.

EDIT: As there has been some interest, CTRL + SHIFT + number produces different views when used on any folder, including the Windows Desktop.

  1. Extra Large Icons
  2. Large Icons
  3. Medium Icons
  4. Small Icons
  5. List View
  6. Details
  7. Tiles
  8. Content

Tested working in Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows Servers 2012 and 2016 (Hotkey may vary between editions, as it's reported to be Ctrl + Alt on Windows Server 2016 TP4 (Simplified Chinese))

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • Evgeniy Mishustin
    Evgeniy Mishustin over 1 year

    A cat slept on the keyboard and all my desktop icons are now looking like in the picture : Three lines of text description to the right of the image. How can I fix it to see the normal behavior ( one line below the picture) ?

    enter image description here

    Edit: Ctrl + Mouse Wheel doesn't help

    • Mario Trucco
      Mario Trucco over 8 years
      If a malicious cat is allowed to sleep on the keyboard, it's not your computer anymore ;)
    • dr_
      dr_ over 8 years
      +1 for identifying "a cat slept on the keyboard" as cause of the problem.
    • Burgi
      Burgi over 8 years
      I am debating if I should tag this with cat
    • angussidney
      angussidney over 8 years
      Possible duplicate of How can I keep my cat off my keyboard... :P
    • xji
      xji over 8 years
      @angussidney Probably should say "related"? Actually I didn't know this lifehacks stackexchange existed and thanks for the link.
  • aff
    aff over 8 years
    Wow, I didn't know that you can have detailed view in the desktop (Ctrl+Shift+6 in my Windows 10)!
  • Boris Callens
    Boris Callens over 8 years
    windows 7 doesn't seem to support this
  • LPChip
    LPChip over 8 years
    I didn't know either! Awesome. +1 because I learned something new.
  • Jonno
    Jonno over 8 years
    Have updated my answer with your findings, thanks.
  • jingyu9575
    jingyu9575 over 8 years
    Ctrl+Alt+8 on my Windows Server 2016 TP4 (Simplified Chinese)
  • dr_
    dr_ over 8 years
    Never underestimate what a cat can do to your equipment. My father's cat managed to remove some keys from the laptop's keyboard.