File explorer icon size

Heyo

Is there a way to set the size of every icon in file explorer to be the same all throughout my C drive?

Edwin said:

Yes, choose view, open view options/view/Apply to Folders/'Do you want all folders to match...'/click yes.

Do this for all folders types and their sub-folders.

Hey

Thanks for your response. How do I get the Folder Options window up?

Sweetsweetcorn said:

Hey

Thanks for your response. How do I get the Folder Options window up?

Windows Key + E Click File \ Change Folder and Search Options \ View.

Edwin said:

Options...

Aha.

Doing this for every folder type is tedious and I might easily miss one. I do not even know how many folder types there even are and how to get them all up.

Is there no way to just get this done for every folder type on my PC.. maybe even including when external drives are plugged in? I am fed up witht the inconsistency when I go through folders using my computer.

Maybe there is some way to modify Windows 10 for this? I am even open to using 3rd party software.

If you want something more comprehensive than Apply to Folders (which doesn't affect SearchResults or Libraries), you can use this PowerShell. Because it modifies HKLM, it must be run from an Admin PowerShell
console.

Code:

###***-- Run from an Admin PowerShell console --***###


$RegFile = "$Env:Temp\AllFolders-SameColumns.reg"
$Content = @"
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00`n
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults]`n
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU]`n
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]`n
"@ # Content


$Prepend = '[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell\'
$Append  = @"
]
"Mode"=dword:00000001
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000003
"IconSize"=dword:00000060`n`n
"@ # $Append


$FT      = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes'
$Include = 'Documents|Downloads|Generic|Home|Music|Pictures|Searches|UserFiles|UsersLibraries|Videos'


gci $FT | Get-ItemProperty | 
   ? CanonicalName -match $Include | Select -expand PSChildName |
ForEach{
   $Content += "$Prepend$_$Append"
}
$Content | Set-Content $RegFile
Reg import $RegFile
gps explorer | spps

The reg values in the code above will set all folders to Details Large Icons. Use the Mode, LogicalViewMode, and IconSize values from this table for other View Modes. ( Note that IconSize values should be converted to hex before editing code. )

Code:

PS C:\Windows>>Import-Csv "C:\Users\keith\Sandbox\Folder View Defaults\Icon Mode LogicalVieMode Vid.csv" | ft

Name        LVM Mode Vid                                    IconSize
----        --- ---- ---                                    --------
Details     1   4    {137E7700-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 16
Tiles       2   6    {65F125E5-7BE1-4810-BA9D-D271C8432CE3} 48
SmIcons     3   1    {089000C0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 16..31
Icons(M-XL) 3   1    {0057D0E0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 33..256
List        4   3    {0E1FA5E0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 16
Content     5   8    {30C2C434-0889-4C8D-985D-A9F71830B0A9} 32

KeithM said:

If you want something more comprehensive than Apply to Folders (which doesn't affect SearchResults or Libraries), you can use this PowerShell. Because it modifies HKLM, it must be run from an Admin PowerShell
console.

Code:

###***-- Run from an Admin PowerShell console --***###

$RegFile = "$Env:Temp\AllFolders-SameColumns.reg"
$Content = @"
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00`n
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults]`n
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU]`n
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]`n
"@ # Content

$Prepend = '[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell\'
$Append  = @"
]
"Mode"=dword:00000004
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000001
"IconSize"=dword:00000010`n`n
"@ # $Append

$FT      = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes'
$Include = 'Documents|Downloads|Generic|Home|Music|Pictures|Searches|UserFiles|UsersLibraries|Videos'

gci $FT | Get-ItemProperty | 
   ? CanonicalName -match $Include | Select -expand PSChildName |
ForEach{
   $Content += "$Prepend$_$Append"
}
$Content | Set-Content $RegFile
Reg import $RegFile

The reg values in the code above will set all folders to Details. Use the Mode, LogicalViewMode, and IconSize values from this table for other View Modes. ( Note that IconSize values should be converted to hex before editing code. )

Code:

PS C:\Windows>>Import-Csv "C:\Users\keith\Sandbox\Folder View Defaults\Icon Mode LogicalVieMode Vid.csv" | ft

Name        LVM Mode Vid                                    IconSize
----        --- ---- ---                                    --------
Details     1   4    {137E7700-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 16
Tiles       2   8    {65F125E5-7BE1-4810-BA9D-D271C8432CE3} 48
SmIcons     3   1    {089000C0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 16..31
Icons(M-XL) 3   1    {0057D0E0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 33..256
List        4   3    {0E1FA5E0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 16
Content     5   8    {30C2C434-0889-4C8D-985D-A9F71830B0A9} 32

Sweet! I hope that will work, I will try it later.

KeithM said:

If you want something more comprehensive than Apply to Folders (which doesn't affect SearchResults or Libraries), you can use this PowerShell. Because it modifies HKLM, it must be run from an Admin PowerShell
console.

Code:

###***-- Run from an Admin PowerShell console --***###


$RegFile = "$Env:Temp\AllFolders-SameColumns.reg"
$Content = @"
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00`n
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults]`n
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU]`n
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]`n
"@ # Content


$Prepend = '[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell\'
$Append  = @"
]
"Mode"=dword:00000001
"LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000003
"IconSize"=dword:00000060`n`n
"@ # $Append


$FT      = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes'
$Include = 'Documents|Downloads|Generic|Home|Music|Pictures|Searches|UserFiles|UsersLibraries|Videos'


gci $FT | Get-ItemProperty | 
   ? CanonicalName -match $Include | Select -expand PSChildName |
ForEach{
   $Content += "$Prepend$_$Append"
}
$Content | Set-Content $RegFile
Reg import $RegFile
gps explorer | spps

The reg values in the code above will set all folders to Details Large Icons. Use the Mode, LogicalViewMode, and IconSize values from this table for other View Modes. ( Note that IconSize values should be converted to hex before editing code. )

Code:

PS C:\Windows>>Import-Csv "C:\Users\keith\Sandbox\Folder View Defaults\Icon Mode LogicalVieMode Vid.csv" | ft

Name        LVM Mode Vid                                    IconSize
----        --- ---- ---                                    --------
Details     1   4    {137E7700-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 16
Tiles       2   6    {65F125E5-7BE1-4810-BA9D-D271C8432CE3} 48
SmIcons     3   1    {089000C0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 16..31
Icons(M-XL) 3   1    {0057D0E0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 33..256
List        4   3    {0E1FA5E0-3573-11CF-AE69-08002B2E1262} 16
Content     5   8    {30C2C434-0889-4C8D-985D-A9F71830B0A9} 32

Someone please edit his code so that when I use it, everything shows up in list view?