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Why are all my apps, icons and browsers suddenly bigger?

Anonymous
2025-01-01T19:24:18+00:00

Out of nowhere yesterday my whole pc (bar some games) are all more zoomed in/scaled. My desktop apps take up more space (icons are medium, as they have always been - now are 17 icons wides and 6 long), my taskbar is bigger and even my browsers are more zoomed in than normal (zoom is 100%).

I've looked into the scaling option on display settings, it's 100%. I tried changing it to 125% and changing back to reset it but that hasn't helped. My resolution is correct, and I haven't changed anything else.

Can anyone help me out?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Display and graphics

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-21T12:37:46+00:00

    I don't know if this will fix your problem or if I just got lucky, but I came across this solution on another forum so thought I would pass it along just in case!

    "Two ways I use to change the view [only], one is to hold down the Ctrl key and press +/= or - key and hold down the Ctrl key and roll the mouse wheel back or forth. Might also check the Resolution setting for the display."

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-29T21:14:04+00:00

    Hi!

    I had the same issue, and nothing seemed to work for me, but I tried this and it fixed it:

    1. Go to display settings
    2. Under scale and layout select advanced scaling settings
    3. Make the custom scale 101%
    4. Sign out and sign back in

    Even though my scaling said it was on 100, it clearly was not as everything was too large. Changing the scaling to 101% seemed to fix it, even though if I go into display settings now, it seems to think my scaling is on 175% (but it clearly is not).

    Hope this helps someone :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-04-17T10:59:42+00:00

    Hello,

    I had the same issue and I found my solution by going to:
    Settings -> Accessibility -> Letter Size and change it to 100% because someone had change it to 200%.

    Hope it will help the others.

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  4. John DeV 162.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-01-01T23:02:34+00:00

    Hi, good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

    Can you try restarting your computer first then see if the issue persists?

    If this does not work, please try to take a screenshot or a photo of the issue with your phone and post it in your next response. Note: Don't include any personal information or sensitive data.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/feedback/fo...

    Kind regards,

    John DeV

    Independent Advisor

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-05T21:10:39+00:00

    honestly it's being so weird to fix, so nothing's worked for me yet :(
    but if i find something i'll lyk <3

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