Go to the path “HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop > WindowMetrics”.

Open Calculator then right it's window in the task bar and select Pin this program to taskbar.

Open Notepad, enter in the following, and save as a. Also, could make a bat file to start calc and pin this to your taskbar.

Type “regedit” and enter to open RegistryEditor. Windows key + R, then enter CALC in the run box.

Press “Win + R” shortcut keys on the keyboard and open Run dialog box.

However, you can easily change the spacing by using the registry editor. You might be interested in learning those hotkeys to use it more productively. Many people are not aware that it has hotkeys like the old one. Unfortunately, you cannot change the horizontal or vertical spacing between the icons with the context menu. In Windows 10, Microsoft replaced the good old calculator with a new Modern app. By default, Windows assigns the desktop icon spacing value as -1130 units for both the horizontal and the vertical spacing to keep the space between icons. In grid layout, the spacing between the icons remains same regardless of whether you keep the smaller, medium or larger icons on your desktop. We recommend enabling the grid layout in order to have good looking and avoid overlapping of icons. WhenĮnabled, placing icons anywhere on the desktop will auto arrange to the When you drag and drop the icons, it willĪutomatically aligned to the grid position (horizontally and vertically).ĭisable this option if you want to keep icons on different positions on theĪrranging will force the icons to align in the column and row format. Will force the icons to align in a grid, which means you cannot freely place Align the icons properly using auto arranging and align to grid options.

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