Changing the size of the taskbar icons no longer works starting with Windows 11 build 22621.1343.
If you wanted to make the taskbar icons larger, you can still increase the DPI scaling level to do so. It will also make everything appear larger though.
The taskbar in Windows 11 shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, File Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Store buttons (icons) aligned to the center by default.
You can change the size of taskbar icons to small, medium (default), or large.
This tutorial will show you how to change the size of taskbar icons to small, medium, or large for your account in Windows 11.
Depending on your DPI and screen resolution settings, using small taskbar icons could cause system tray icons and/or text (clock) on the far right corner of the taskbar to be misaligned.
EXAMPLE: Small, medium, and large taskbar icons
Here's How:
1 Do step 2 (small), step 3 (medium), or step 4 (large) below for what you would like to do.
2 To Change Size of Taskbar Icons to Small
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Change_taskbar_icons_size_to_small_in_Windows_11.bat
(Content of BAT file for reference)
Code:
@echo off
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /V TaskbarSi /T REG_DWORD /D 0 /F
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe3 To Change Size of Taskbar Icons to Medium
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Change_taskbar_icons_size_to_default_medium_in_Windows_11.bat
(Content of BAT file for reference)
Code:
@echo off
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /V TaskbarSi /T REG_DWORD /D 1 /F
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe4 To Change Size of Taskbar Icons to Large
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Change_taskbar_icons_size_to_large_in_Windows_11.bat
(Content of BAT file for reference)
Code:
@echo off
REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /V TaskbarSi /T REG_DWORD /D 2 /F
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe5 Save the .bat file to your desktop.
6 Unblock the .bat file.
7 Run the .bat file
8 You will now notice your screen flicker and a command prompt quickly opens and closes as the explorer process is restarted to apply the registry changes.
9 You can now delete the downloaded .bat file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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