Default Taskbar Button Width

Quick question here:

What's the number you have for the "MinWidth" entry in the "HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Desktop/WindowMetrics" key?

 

-270

Can I ask why you want to know?

 

I made the buttons too big I'm trying to reset the size.

 

NP, small point...

Don't change the registry without backing up keys/taking notes.

FWIW I don't normally delve that deep into the registry and it's probably irrelevant but my screen resolution is 1024x768 just in case that makes a difference.

 

Huh, -270 shrinks the buttons down to the icon and a letter.

Edit: I measured it from some wikipedia image with a pixel ruler and it's 160 pixels. It's fixed now

 

Perhaps other settings are involved...

Here's my entire metrics tree

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
 "BorderWidth "= "-15 "
 "CaptionFont "=hex:f3,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,72,00,65,00,62,00,75,00,63,00,68,00,65,00,74,\
  00,20,00,4d,00,53,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
 "CaptionHeight "= "-375 "
 "CaptionWidth "= "-270 "
 "IconFont "=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
 "IconSpacing "= "-1125 "
 "IconTitleWrap "= "1 "
 "IconVerticalspacing "= "-1125 "
 "MenuFont "=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
 "MenuHeight "= "-285 "
 "MenuWidth "= "-270 "
 "MessageFont "=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
 "ScrollHeight "= "-255 "
 "ScrollWidth "= "-255 "
 "Shell Icon BPP "= "16 "
 "SmCaptionFont "=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,\
  00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
 "SmCaptionHeight "= "-255 "
 "SmCaptionWidth "= "-255 "
 "StatusFont "=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
 "AppliedDPI "=dword:00000060
 "Shell Icon Size "= "32 "
 "MinAnimate "= "1 "

Other parts of the registry may affect this setting... As I said before, before changing back up.