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Display Properties page problem
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Display Properties page problem
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Posted by JWR4
(2 messages posted)
Yesterday I clicked Start > Settings > Control Panel. On the "Control Panel" page
I clicked the "Display" icon. On the "Display Properies" page I clicked the "Effects"
tab and checked the ""Use large icons" box. This made the icons larger than I want,
but I can't change them back.
The problem is now the "Display Properties" page fills the screen from top to bottom,
and I can't see the "OK", "Cancel", and "Apply" buttons at the bottom of the page.
Same with all the other tabs on the "Display Properties" page. I can no longer see
"OK", "Cancel" and "Apply" at the page bottom.
I lowered the tool bar at the bottom of the screen as far as it will go and raised
the "Display Properties" page as high as it will go, but still can't see "OK", "Cancel"
and "Apply" at the bottom of the page.
Is there any way to shrink the "Display Properties" page so I can access "OK", "Cancel"
and "Apply" at the page bottom?
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re: Display Properties page problem
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 6:54 am
Posted by Keith Stanier
(1655 messages posted)
Well you can actually alter the size of your desktop icons. Right-click on your desktop
and select Properties. On the Appearance tab there is a combobox (Item) showing the
the different controls find Icon and make the size smaller. There is also
horizontal and vertical spacing.
The fact that you can't see the OK, Cancel and Apply buttons means you screen size
is far to small. See it you can change the Screen area on the Settings tab to a larger
screen size. If that isn't adjustable then you need to update your graphics card
drivers.
If all else fails then you need to do a system restore. Start your computer up and
keep the Ctrl key pressed until you see the DOS menu and select Command Prompt
Only then type in Scanreg /restore and select a date before this problem
occured and do a restart.
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re: Display Properties page problem
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 9:11 am
Posted by JWR4
(2 messages posted)
Will doing a system restore delete anything or just put things back to the way they
were?
I can't change the settings, etc., because I can't see the "Apply" button to click
it after choosing the changes I want.
Thanks.
On Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 6:54 am, Keith Stanier wrote:
>Well you can actually alter the size of your desktop icons. Right-click on your
desktop
>and select Properties. On the Appearance tab there is a combobox (Item) showing
the
>the different controls find Icon and make the size smaller. There is also
>horizontal and vertical spacing.
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>The fact that you can't see the OK, Cancel and Apply buttons means you screen size
>is far to small. See it you can change the Screen area on the Settings tab to a
larger
>screen size. If that isn't adjustable then you need to update your graphics card
>drivers.
>
>If all else fails then you need to do a system restore. Start your computer up and
>keep the Ctrl key pressed until you see the DOS menu and select Command Prompt
>Only then type in Scanreg /restore and select a date before this problem
>occured and do a restart.
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re: Display Properties page problem
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 9:50 am
Posted by bob wells
(1636 messages posted)
JWR4,
If you can't apply the changes (no Button) simply reboot the computer. Any change
NOT applied should not carry over on reboot.
Scanreg /restore could change any changes you made after the Date on the Reg file
you choose.
BW
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On Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 9:11 am, JWR4 wrote:
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>Will doing a system restore delete anything or just put things back to the way
they
>were?
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>I can't change the settings, etc., because I can't see the "Apply" button to click
>it after choosing the changes I want.
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>Thanks.
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re: Display Properties page problem
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 10:38 am
Posted by James
(782 messages posted)
Have you tried using the keyboard Enter Key? Often the Enter Key is the same
as Apply.
Also, try dragging the toolbar down to the lowest possible point.
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re: Display Properties page problem
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Posted by Keith Stanier
(1655 messages posted)
JWR4 wrote:
|I can't change the settings, etc., because I can't see the "Apply" button to click
|it after choosing the changes I want.
As I've said if you can't see the Ok, Cancel or Apply buttons then you screen size
is to small, I've told you have to adjust it.
With all Windows applications if you press the Tab key that will move from one control
to another. You will see the control highlighted when you do this. Just practise
with the Tab key you will know when its on the Ok button and just press Enter.
JWR4 wrote:
|Will doing a system restore delete anything or just put
|things back to the way they were?
Doing a system restore will only restore the registry it won't interfere with any
files. If you have installed any software in between the restore date and the current
date then you will have to reinstall the software again.
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