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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

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    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

    http://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

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    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

    > http://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

    >

    >

    >

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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.

     

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    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

    >> http://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

    >>

    >>

    >>

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    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.

     

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    Gary S. Terhune

    MS-MVP Shell/User

    http://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

     

    Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others

    Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

     

    "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

    >> http://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

    >>

    >>

    >>

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    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

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    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).

     

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    David

    Stardate 7496.5

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    [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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    Windows XP: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/using/windowsxp/default.mspx

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