Solved Increase Icon/Image Size of files in Recycle Bin?

Edwin said:

Perhaps a Preview On Mouse Hover utility would help.
There's QuickLook in the Microsoft Store, or, I believe Power Toys has something similar.

However, QTTabBar is often regarded as the Go-To for such a feature:

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pacificSurf said:

So the feature is called Peek in Power toys, I got it running. It is faster to open, but its still cumbersome because for each file I want to preview, I have to press the keyboard shortcut one by one, and hover my mouse over the image first.

I wish I could simply increase the file icon size of images.....

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#Persistent
magnifierOn := false
SetTimer, CheckRecycleBin, 300
return

CheckRecycleBin:
    recycleBinOpen := false
    recycleBinCLSID := "::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"

    ; Check ALL Explorer windows, not just the active one
    for window in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows {
        try {
            path := window.Document.Folder.Self.Path
            if (path = recycleBinCLSID) {
                recycleBinOpen := true
                break
            }
        }
    }

    ; --- Recycle Bin OPEN ---
    if (recycleBinOpen) {
        if (!magnifierOn) {
            ; Turn on Magnifier
            Send, #{=}
            Send, ^!{l}
            Sleep, 150

            ; Wait for Magnifier window and minimize it
            WinWait, ahk_exe magnify.exe, , 2
            WinActivate, Magnifier
            Send, #{Down}

            magnifierOn := true
        }
        return
    }

    ; --- Recycle Bin CLOSED ---
    if (magnifierOn) {
        Send, #{Esc}    ; Turn off Magnifier
        magnifierOn := false
    }
return

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ScreenMagnifier]
"ZoomIncrement"=dword:00000005

dacrone said:

best i can offer is an autohotkey script (i've attached the compiled exe too). it will launch windows magnifier in lens mode ONLY when recycle bin is opened. it will close magnifier when recycle bin is closed. because its a compiled script, windows may flag the exe an bad, but its fine. below is everything that is in the exe...

ahk code:

Code:

#Persistent
magnifierOn := false
SetTimer, CheckRecycleBin, 300
return

CheckRecycleBin:
    recycleBinOpen := false
    recycleBinCLSID := "::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"

    ; Check ALL Explorer windows, not just the active one
    for window in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows {
        try {
            path := window.Document.Folder.Self.Path
            if (path = recycleBinCLSID) {
                recycleBinOpen := true
                break
            }
        }
    }

    ; --- Recycle Bin OPEN ---
    if (recycleBinOpen) {
        if (!magnifierOn) {
            ; Turn on Magnifier
            Send, #{=}
            Send, ^!{l}
            Sleep, 150

            ; Wait for Magnifier window and minimize it
            WinWait, ahk_exe magnify.exe, , 2
            WinActivate, Magnifier
            Send, #{Down}

            magnifierOn := true
        }
        return
    }

    ; --- Recycle Bin CLOSED ---
    if (magnifierOn) {
        Send, #{Esc}    ; Turn off Magnifier
        magnifierOn := false
    }
return

also, you can apply this registry key to make it + or - by 5% instead of 100% per click on magnifier

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ScreenMagnifier]
"ZoomIncrement"=dword:00000005

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pacificSurf said:

Thanks I got the AHK script working, but now for the Registry key, how would I paste it into CMD to add that key? I tried a few versions and one said "operation succefuly" but I dont see it showing up in regedit in that section
View attachment 157343

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REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ScreenMagnifier" /v ZoomIncrement /t REG_DWORD /d 5 /f

dacrone said:

Code:

REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ScreenMagnifier" /v ZoomIncrement /t REG_DWORD /d 5 /f

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