how to make icons on top right smaller and less space like win 7/8?

m18xr2 · 11 May 2022

the icons im talking about are the minimize, resize and x

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windows 10 has big icons and also lots of space in between the icons, how to make them like windows 7 or 8? does anyone know any 3rd party tools?

Ghot · 11 May 2022

m18xr2 said:

the icons im talking about are the minimize, resize and x

windows 10 has big icons and also lots of space in between the icons, how to make them like windows 7 or 8? does anyone know any 3rd party tools?

Like this...

Change Size of Caption Buttons in Windows 10

Only do the CaptionHeight setting in the registry.
It seems to be backwards. The CaptionHeight setting moves them closer together.
Be advised it will change the taskbar icons as well.

Default for CaptionHeight is -330
Try -165 first. Reboot to apply, and see how you like it.

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m18xr2 · 11 May 2022

Ghot said:

Like this...

Change Size of Caption Buttons in Windows 10

Only do the CaptionHeight setting in the registry.
It seems to be backwards. The CaptionHeight setting moves them closer together.
Be advised it will change the taskbar icons as well.

Default for CaptionHeight is -330
Try -165 first. Reboot to apply, and see how you like it.

what about the spacing (distance between icons)? can those be shrinked. also by adjusting this, would title bar be thinner? more vertical space is always welcome.

Ghot · 11 May 2022

m18xr2 said:

what about the spacing (distance between icons)? can those be shrinked. also by adjusting this, would title bar be thinner? more vertical space is always welcome.

Yes the title bar will be thinner. However it's the best that can be done.
Unfortunately, any changes to those icons, change ALL icons.

Ofc, you can play around with other settings in the WindowsMetrics key.
Just remember that you have to reboot to apply the changes.

dalchina · 2 Weeks Ago

Note the side effect of a 'flash' reported here:
window explorer some expandable drive/folder flashes weird icon

m18xr2 · 2 Weeks Ago

Ghot said:

Yes the title bar will be thinner. However it's the best that can be done.
Unfortunately, any changes to those icons, change ALL icons.

Ofc, you can play around with other settings in the WindowsMetrics key.
Just remember that you have to reboot to apply the changes.

just revisiting this, this seems to change explorer's icon size/menu bar thickness but it doesnt seem to affect any other application. ie chrome, firefox browser etc

dalchina · 2 Weeks Ago

That's because not all 3rd party programs use the standard Windows window frame and consequently don't follow the metrics applied to those.

m18xr2 · 2 Weeks Ago

dalchina said:

That's because not all 3rd party programs use the standard Windows window frame and consequently don't follow the metrics applied to those.

it seems curtain has mentioning of changing them but I couldn't even get it to work with window's own explorer. do u know of any other 3rd party app that can do this?

dalchina · 2 Weeks Ago

It's easy to use. Like any other program, you need to learn to use it.

You've not provided any screenshots so I've no idea whether you've installed it, or what you've tried.

Here's how:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzYe...ardockSoftware

m18xr2 · 1 Week Ago

dalchina said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzYe...ardockSoftware

hey sorry for the late reply, I attached some screenshot below. I went through the youtube video but it doesn't go over button size and the area I am pretty sure I've found it what to edit, but it is not working (part of the screenshot).

I edit default window's theme as a duplicate (or any other pre-existing themes for that matter), then I change button size and when applied changes you can see the button suppose to be small as in the preview, but when using it has no effect whatsoever on any window, not curtain window, not explorer, nor chrome itself even though curtain say its suppose to affect both chrome and edge.