question re drag and drop in 8.1 Windows Explorer

When I drag a file from one folder to another in Windows Explorer, a
large graphic image (generic file image) with a label saying that I'm
moving it to folder xxx appears during the operation.

Is there a way to disable the image but keep the message when
performing this type of operation? Failing that, can the graphic image
itself at least be resized to a much smaller size?

Thanks,

John

Yes wrote:
When I drag a file from one folder to another in Windows Explorer, a
large graphic image (generic file image) with a label saying that I'm
moving it to folder xxx appears during the operation.

Is there a way to disable the image but keep the message when
performing this type of operation? Failing that, can the graphic image
itself at least be resized to a much smaller size?

Thanks,

John

In Windows 7 the recommendation is:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...6-c0f541ceb2b6

"If you go into Advanced System Settings Performance Settings
and then uncheck "Use visual styles on windows and buttons" it makes
things look more like Windows XP. I prefer the simple XP look anyway
so that solution works for me. The HUGE icon must just be part of the
Windows 7 visual style -- I couldn't find any other way to change it."

"And there`s no "Use visual styles on windows and buttons" in Windows 8."

So what would be needed then, is to see what registry setting
gets changed in Windows 7 by that, then look for the same
in Windows 8.

*******

Here is a starting point for your experiments. See
if this key exists. On WinXP, the value "4" disabled it.
Write down the original setting, for later.

http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/regfiles_2.htm

; Themes 00000002=Automatic,00000004=Disabled
; Same effect as Use Visual Styles On Windows And Buttons
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Themes]
"Start"=dword:00000004

I'm not running Win8 right now, so can't test it.

HTH,
Paul