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Fix It: Changing the size of the icons of Internet Explorer 9

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:19:22 PM

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Ignore this bit. This is to help people find stuff faster using "ctrl" F. This is just a list of keywords. Size, icon, Internet Explorer 9, bigger, smaller, big, menu.

Internet Explorer, play in a more beautiful web This "fix it" article will attempt to enlarge the size of Internet Explorer 9's command bar. Unlike Internet Explorer 8, in Internet Explorer 9, there is no easy way to enlarge the icon size.

Is your the icon in your version of Internet Explorer 9 as small as in the below screenshot?

And do you want to make it large again as in the below screenshot?

Well then I have a solution for you, but it ain't pretty.

You would have to manually edit the registry. Open up registry editor by typing in "regedit". Then navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\CommandBar. After that right click on SmallIcons and select modify. Change the value from 1 to 0 [don't type in this part ("zero")] to renable large icons. Or else, just download the below file zip and merge the included registry key with your registry. The zip file also contains the registry to make your command bar small again.

The file reads:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\CommandBar] "SmallIcons"=dword:00000000
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B1Tan13i1a63Njk2ZGI1NzktNTJhNC00MzU4LTgyZmUtZTAxNTA4ZTYzOTFj&hl=en

In Internet Explorer 8, to make Command bar icons larger follow the below procedures

  1. Right-click the Command bar
  2. Point to Customize
  3. Click Use Large Icons (after clicking there should be a checkmark in front of it)

To make the icons small, follow this procedure and click Use Large Icons again.

Advantage and Disadvantages of Interent Explorer 9Blank Windows calander gadget (Win7 and Vista)

Comments

Unregistered user Friday, March 18, 2011 3:13:32 AM

K20 writes: Finally Bro, I was getting frustrated GOD!. But thank tyw7

Unregistered user Saturday, October 15, 2011 12:35:33 PM

rcmero writes: An easier way to do this is to (considering you're using Windows 7 RTM) make the icons larger in IE8 and then install IE9. When you run IE9 the icons will already be large.

Thu Winwikipedian Saturday, October 15, 2011 4:22:20 PM

@Rcmero this is if you forgot to do that or if you "reset" Internet Explorer... Yes that's an easy way but that requires IE8 first.

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