The above method was actually much better. Press & hold Ctrl on the keyboard and scroll with the mouse wheel up or down to get the desired size. To get started, make sure the desktop has the focus, just click anywhere on the desktop before starting this process. As the option to select from only three available sizes wasn’t satisfying enough, I found this method to be highly expressive. The first one in the list is the Mouse Wheel Method. Let’s delve inside and see what they are. There are four methods to resize the desktop icons, depending on your preference and also the ’size’ that you want to change the icons to. Users can easily resize Vista desktop icons or change the size of icons on Vista desktop. Do you find the icon size on Windows Vista desktop too big or too small? The effect of visual appearance on shortcuts and programs icons, is more stark when users adjust and change the monitor screen resolution or font size in DPI scaling, where the icons size becomes bigger and smaller to an uncomfortable level.