Re: Truncating icon labels on Desktop

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From: Stuart K (stu_kruse_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:05:08 -0800

Hi Tom,

Thanks. That's the setting I was thinking of. However,
in Windows XP the dialogue says that these settings only
take effect if you switch to the Windows Classic theme. I
don't really wish to do this. So, is there another way?

Any help still appreciated. I get the horrible feeling
that I can only get what I want by returning to Windows
Classic style, which is all rather arbitrary and basically
sucks ;0)

Cheers,
Stu

>-----Original Message-----
>Stuart,
>
>Go to the desktop and right-click. Then, select
>Properties/Appearance/Advanced and select the Items ...
Icon, Icon Spacing
>(Vertical) and Icon Spacing (Horizontal) and have a ball
experimenting
>changing the settings.
>
>I am not sure but I have sometimes suspected that it
takes a reboot for some
>of these settings to effect so if you don't see an
immediate change, try a
>reboot. Then again, I may be all wet about that. If so,
I hope one of the
>gurus will straighten us both out.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Tom
>
>
>
>
>"Stuart K" <stu_kruse@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1055101c40dfc$e4750350$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know a setting that stops Windows XP
>> truncating icon labels on the desktop (i.e. the label
for
>> an icon ends with ...). I seem to remember there being
a
>> setting for this in Win '98, but I can't remember what
it
>> was. I know I can rename icons to avoid this, but I
don't
>> want to do this. I also know this happens if icons are
>> too close together, but this isn't the case with my set-
up.
>>
>> I think it may be possible by setting the display
>> properties of icons (Desktop > Properties > Display >
>> Icon), but I suspect this is only possible if I switch
>> back to Windows Classic mode, which I don't wish to do.
>>
>> Any help greatly appreciated,
>> Stu
>
>
>.
>

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