The list of Windows shortcuts is long! It never seems to end. Whenever you feel you know all the Windows shortcuts, another just comes along to prove the notion wrong. Here’s another quick tip that will help you quickly resize explorer icons or change the View type in a folder. It is a mouse-keyboard combination for resizing icons on the desktop or changing the Vie type in Explorer window.
Change Explorer View type
In Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista explorer, you can use the Views button on the toolbar to change the View type between List, Content, Details, Tiles, etc, and to change the size of icons, from small to extra large, by clicking on the specified options.
If you use a scroll mouse, you can hold down the Ctrl key and use your mouse scroll wheel to change the View type.
Resize Explorer icons on desktop
On the Windows desktop, if you use a scroll mouse, you can simply hold down the Ctrl key and use your mouse scroll wheel to resize the icons from small to Extra large.
A tiny but useful tip for Windows users!
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