{"id":70895,"date":"2024-01-25T12:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T07:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=70895"},"modified":"2024-01-25T12:56:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T07:26:19","slug":"user-file-folder-icon-small-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/user-file-folder-icon-small-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"User file folder icon appears very small in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you access the “Change desktop icons” dialog and add the “User’s Files” icon to the desktop in Windows 11, the “User’s Files” icon may appear very small.<\/p>\n

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However, if you create a shortcut to the User’s Files folder, it appears correctly with the proper icon size, like all the other icons on the desktop.<\/p>\n

Resetting or changing the User’s file folder icon<\/a> to a custom icon (via Desktop Icon Settings dialog, launched by running the command, control.exe desk.cpl,,0<\/strong>) doesn’t help.<\/p>\n

RELATED:<\/strong> Windows 11 User icon looks like a Regular folder<\/a><\/div>\n

Cause<\/h2>\n

The above issue can occur due to icon cache or thumbnail cache corruption.<\/p>\n

Resolution<\/h2>\n

To fix the User’s Files icon, clear the icon and thumbnail caches.<\/p>\n

To clear the icon cache, please use one of the methods in this article. Method 1 or 3 is preferred because it automates the task.<\/p>\n