Zoom in & out in Vista. How to get back to default?

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:48 pm

I've learned that using the Control key and the wheel on the mouse you can zoom in and out almost everywhere in Vista including the desktop.

Also in the pictures folder you can change views as well as zoom.

But how do I get back to the original default setting.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:38 pm

You would ask when I am back on XP...

Does control + 0 work? (Worth a try since its the default shortcut for resetting zoom in firefox/IE.)

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:43 pm

Nope.

I wanted to send this tip out to my Vista friends but not until I get the default. Otherwise the calls would be coming in.

EngDrewman · Post by **EngDrewman** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:12 pm

I use XP so I don't know what the command is, but I'm sure it's gotta be in a help file somewhere- I'd try Start->Help and search for zoom?

If I had to guess, I'd try just rolling the mouse wheel till you're zoomed all the way out- that's how you do it with Compiz Fusion in Ubuntu

captain_twinkie · Post by **captain_twinkie** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:09 am

Right click the desktop, View, then Medium Icons

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:16 am

Exactly. It's not really a \"zoom\", it's just a shortcut to resizing icons in Explorer-based windows (which includes the desktop).

So just set them back to medium, which is the default. Unfortunately, there's no way to restore their locations, from what I can tell.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:42 pm

Foil wrote:...... Unfortunately, there's no way to restore their locations, from what I can tell.

F5 after resize

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:46 pm

F5 doesn’t work on my Vista box. (not to restore default zoom, anyway)

It’s listed as “Refresh active window”