Dekstop icon names too short

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gmr2468

Hello,

On my Windows XP desktop the names below the icons are too short, about 10
characters long. To see the whole icon name I have to click on the icon.
How do I make the names fully visible, able to see the whole file name, on
the desktop?

Thanks,
gmr2468
 
Use shorter names. The names wrap at some certain point and a max of two
lines show. (Actually, the logic is a bit more complicated than that.) I
know of no way to make the lines wrap longer than they do, or to show more
than two lines.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"gmr2468" <gmr2468@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> On my Windows XP desktop the names below the icons are too short, about 10
> characters long. To see the whole icon name I have to click on the icon.
> How do I make the names fully visible, able to see the whole file name, on
> the desktop?
>
> Thanks,
> gmr2468
 
Gary,

On my friend's laptop they can see 3 lines of text and the whole file name,
so there has to be a setting that can do this.

gmr2468

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> Use shorter names. The names wrap at some certain point and a max of two
> lines show. (Actually, the logic is a bit more complicated than that.) I
> know of no way to make the lines wrap longer than they do, or to show more
> than two lines.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
> "gmr2468" <gmr2468@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4956EDE7-BF66-4571-BA0A-60A9CD5D7273@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > On my Windows XP desktop the names below the icons are too short, about 10
> > characters long. To see the whole icon name I have to click on the icon.
> > How do I make the names fully visible, able to see the whole file name, on
> > the desktop?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > gmr2468
>
>
>
 
This can depend on the size of the Display setting that is set in Control Panel\ Display\Settings\Screen Resolution.
The smaller the resolution the more you see . It al depends how far you can set your resolution with what your Video card can support.

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"gmr2468" <gmr2468@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:24BDF2E2-0482-4408-9F2C-A14D5C2F3F67@microsoft.com...
> Gary,
>
> On my friend's laptop they can see 3 lines of text and the whole file name,
> so there has to be a setting that can do this.
>
> gmr2468
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> Use shorter names. The names wrap at some certain point and a max of two
>> lines show. (Actually, the logic is a bit more complicated than that.) I
>> know of no way to make the lines wrap longer than they do, or to show more
>> than two lines.
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>> "gmr2468" <gmr2468@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4956EDE7-BF66-4571-BA0A-60A9CD5D7273@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > On my Windows XP desktop the names below the icons are too short, about 10
>> > characters long. To see the whole icon name I have to click on the icon.
>> > How do I make the names fully visible, able to see the whole file name, on
>> > the desktop?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > gmr2468
>>
>>
>>
 
Not just resolution. Font size, etc., is also involved. But there is no
*specific* setting that will do what the OP wants without affecting a LOT of
other things.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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This can depend on the size of the Display setting that is set in Control
Panel\ Display\Settings\Screen Resolution.
The smaller the resolution the more you see . It al depends how far you can
set your resolution with what your Video card can support.

--
Peter

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"gmr2468" <gmr2468@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:24BDF2E2-0482-4408-9F2C-A14D5C2F3F67@microsoft.com...
> Gary,
>
> On my friend's laptop they can see 3 lines of text and the whole file
> name,
> so there has to be a setting that can do this.
>
> gmr2468
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
>> Use shorter names. The names wrap at some certain point and a max of two
>> lines show. (Actually, the logic is a bit more complicated than that.) I
>> know of no way to make the lines wrap longer than they do, or to show
>> more
>> than two lines.
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>> "gmr2468" <gmr2468@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4956EDE7-BF66-4571-BA0A-60A9CD5D7273@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > On my Windows XP desktop the names below the icons are too short, about
>> > 10
>> > characters long. To see the whole icon name I have to click on the
>> > icon.
>> > How do I make the names fully visible, able to see the whole file name,
>> > on
>> > the desktop?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > gmr2468
>>
>>
>>
 
gmr2468

Like Gary and others have said, you can change some settings , but you will
probably not like the results. The settings that affect this are:

DPI size setting in Control Panel/Display/Settings Tab/Advanced Button.
Select the Custom option in the drop down menu.

Screen Resolution in Display Settings/Settings Tab. A lower screen
resolution is what you want.

Advanced Display settings in Display/Appearance Tab/Advanced Button. In the
Item drop down menu, increase the setting for Icon Spacing (Horizontal) and
(Vertical).

You will need to play with these 3 settings until you get something you can
live with. :)

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"gmr2468" <gmr2468@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4956EDE7-BF66-4571-BA0A-60A9CD5D7273@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> On my Windows XP desktop the names below the icons are too short, about 10
> characters long. To see the whole icon name I have to click on the icon.
> How do I make the names fully visible, able to see the whole file name, on
> the desktop?
>
> Thanks,
> gmr2468
 
gmr2468 <gmr2468@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On my Windows XP desktop the names below the icons are too short,
> about 10 characters long. To see the whole icon name I have to click
> on the icon. How do I make the names fully visible, able to see the
> whole file name, on the desktop?

You can change the amount of space an icon uses, which will allow more
text on a line.

Open Display in the Control Panel. Click on the Appearance tab. Click on
Advanced. In the Item field, find Icon Spacing (Horizontal). It usually
defaults to something like 43; I usually set it to 90 to give more space
for text without giving too much.

You can also set Icon Spacing (Vertical), which will give you more lines
of text under your icon. I have mine set to 50, but this only allows me
two lines of text; depending on other factors (font, resolution) you may
want to set it higher.

There is no way to make the entire name, no matter how long, appear
focusing on it. The original release of Windows 95 worked this way, but
text could get very crowded on screens, so they released a patch that
changed this to the current behavior (more or less).

--
David
Stardate 7496.5
 
[gmr2468] wrote-:
> Hello,
>
> On my Windows XP desktop the names below the icons are too short, about 10
> characters long. To see the whole icon name I have to click on the icon.
> How do I make the names fully visible, able to see the whole file name, on
> the desktop?
>
> Thanks,
> gmr2468


Try this:
Open Regedit
Expand: HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
Right side, set IconTitleWrap to 0
Restart Windows

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/34644.mspx



Good Luck, Ayush.
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