If you don’t see Control Panel here, type “control panel” into Start and then click Control Panel when it appears at the top of the Start window.

If you don’t see this option, click the “View by” drop-down box in the top-right side of the window, then click Large Icons.

Always combine, hide labels - Condenses taskbar buttons into squares that display the program’s icon, but not its label. Multiple windows from one program will fit into one taskbar button. Combine when taskbar is full - Displays rectangular taskbar buttons individually and with labels until the taskbar fills up, at which point buttons are combined into the square configuration mentioned above. Never combine - Taskbar buttons will remain rectangular with labels regardless of how many there are.

If this box is already checked, your computer is displaying small icons in the taskbar.

If you don’t see Control Panel here, type “control panel” into Start and then click Control Panel when it appears at the top of the Start window.

If you don’t see this option, click the “View by” drop-down box in the top-right side of the window, then click Large Icons.

Smaller - 100% Medium - 125% Larger - 150% - Not all monitors will have this option.

You may have to click Yes when prompted before you can continue.

Double-click HKEY_CURRENT_USER. It’s in the top-left side of the Registry Editor window. Double-click Control Panel. Double-click Desktop. Click WindowMetrics.

If you don’t see the MinWidth item, first do the following: click Edit, select New, click String Value, type in MinWidth, and press ↵ Enter.

You can enter values larger than 52, though icons too large will cause problems on the taskbar.