powershellwindows 10
Writing a PS script to quickly set up devices @ work. I need a way to set this in cmd/PS, but extensive searching results in… nothing. Where is this preference even stored? I found:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon Size=32
But no matter what, this is 32 and changing it doesn't seem to change the size. Thoughts, SU?
You could use the PowerShell UIAutomation module.
For example, to move Notepad to screen location (100, 100):
$w = Get-UIAWindow -ProcessName notepad
$w.Move(100, 100)
This seems to be a common problem for people with SSDs. For some people reubilding the index works, but seeing as it did not work for you, try this:
This PC and right click on whichever drive Windows is installed on. We will assume C:\Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties is checked.Also make sure under Modify, then C:\ -->Users that all the users are selected:
It's possible somehow your user got de-selected.
Source: Windows 8.1 Search not finding Control Panel Settings
Note that answer 2 from the source will not work on Windows 10.
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On my Windows 10 machine, this value is stored in
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\DesktopinIconSize. After changing its value, you must restartexplorer.exe. Logging off is not required.So you could use,
This also allows you to custom size the icons beyond the preset Small/Medium/Large.