Windows 10 icons appearance changed
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.
- Extra Large Icons
- Large Icons
- Medium Icons
- Small Icons
- List View
- Details
- Tiles
- 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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Evgeniy Mishustin
B.Sc. in Software Engineering, Java/Android Developer, willing to become real pro, learn something new every day
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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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) ?
Edit: Ctrl + Mouse Wheel doesn't help
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Mario Trucco over 8 yearsIf a malicious cat is allowed to sleep on the keyboard, it's not your computer anymore ;)
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dr_ over 8 years+1 for identifying "a cat slept on the keyboard" as cause of the problem.
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Burgi over 8 yearsI am debating if I should tag this with cat
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angussidney over 8 yearsPossible duplicate of How can I keep my cat off my keyboard... :P
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xji over 8 years@angussidney Probably should say "related"? Actually I didn't know this lifehacks stackexchange existed and thanks for the link.
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aff over 8 yearsWow, I didn't know that you can have detailed view in the desktop (
Ctrl
+Shift
+6
in my Windows 10)! -
Boris Callens over 8 yearswindows 7 doesn't seem to support this
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LPChip over 8 yearsI didn't know either! Awesome. +1 because I learned something new.
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Jonno over 8 yearsHave updated my answer with your findings, thanks.
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jingyu9575 over 8 years
Ctrl
+Alt
+8
on my Windows Server 2016 TP4 (Simplified Chinese) -
dr_ over 8 yearsNever underestimate what a cat can do to your equipment. My father's cat managed to remove some keys from the laptop's keyboard.