Patent ID: 8316312

Claim:
A method of controlling an icon appearance of a display system having a display screen, the method comprising: displaying an icon control window on the display screen, the icon control window including at least one sample icon for a user's preview; receiving user inputs for a new icon appearance of the sample icon according to display options provided by the icon control window; backing up current display property parameter values, which are associated to a current icon appearance shared by a plurality of icons of the display system, said backing up comprising generating a first registry subkey in a memory of the display system and storing the current display property parameter values in a corresponding registry if the current display property parameter values are determined to be valid; changing the icon appearance of the sample icon to the new icon appearance corresponding to the received user inputs; and changing the icon appearance of the plurality of icons currently displayed on the display system to the new icon appearance in accordance to the changed sample icon when display property parameter values corresponding to the new icon appearance are within a predetermined range of values supported by the display system; wherein the icon control window comprises: an icon size controller providing a plurality of selectable icon sizes for the user to select a desired icon size from the selectable icon sizes; a preview region including the at least one sample icon, the sample icon being resized when the desired icon size is selected through the icon size controller; and an execution controller interfacing with the display system in order to change an icon size of the display system according to the selected icon size.