OK. I guess I did not explain correctly.

I am not just talking about icons. I am talking about all fonts used
in windows such as when you right click on something and bring up the
property box - the font size used in or on it or the size font used
when in explorer where it list the directories and files and all the
other windows fonts - not just the icons.

I know it can be done somehow because I seen it once but can not
remember where or how.

Adjust the font for the icon names in Control Panel-Display-Appearance
tab.
The item to use is "Icon"

You can also try using Large Fonts on the Settings tab (Advanced)



How / where do I adjust / increase the font size for like the desktop
icon names and the standard operating font size for the
various windows programs. As I get older the smaller font sizes are
getting harder to see.

Sorry if I am not explaining myself clear enough but hopefully someone
can help me out here.

TIA