Origin

  • Display is 4K
  • Adjusted “Make text bigger” value to 150%

Make text bigger set

Windows scaling bug

Windows operating systems have always had some issues with scaling on high-resolution displays. After changing “Make text bigger”, it will affect the selection box of desktop icons, as follows:

Desktop icon selection box becomes wider

Picture from Microsoft Community.

Since I’ve changed the registry, the previous bug didn’t take a screenshot, so use the community image as an example.

Solution

Modify registry

Registry location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics

Registry setting

  • Modify the values of IconSpacing and IconVerticalSpacing to -1125
  • When a bug occurs, these two values are usually around 5500, so the selection box will be very wide
  • Restart the computer after modification

Reference

https://answers.microsoft.com/zh-hans/windows/forum/all/%E6%A1%8C%E9%9D%A2%E5%9B%BE%E6%A0%87%E9%80%89/92d70e9a-151f-407c-8c81-aacad4d66633