If you find the icons on your desktop are too large or too small then they can easily be resized so that they can be seen more easily or so you can fit more icons on the screen:-
1.Click on an empty part of your desktop
2.Hold down the CTRL key
3.Using the scroll wheel on your mouse or trackball, scroll up or down to resize the icons
Alternatively you can right mouse click on an empty area of your desktop, and click View on the menu that appears, you can now choose from Large, Medium or Small icons