Icon border changes but picture on icon stays the same when enlarg

I do not have many icons on my desktop and I like my icons larger. When I
enlarge them the icon border changes but the picture on the icon stays the
same size. What is going on here?

Brazos;437035 Wrote:
> I do not have many icons on my desktop and I like my icons larger. When
> I
> enlarge them the icon border changes but the picture on the icon stays
> the
> same size. What is going on here?

Hi Brazos,

In order to see the icon enlarge past the "Medium" size, they need to
be a 256 bit .ico (Icon) file. Some older programs and icons in Vista
meant for other display modes are not 256 bit. Most of the good icons
in Vista are located here: "C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll" . Just
open this file with the "Change Icon" button. See this for more details
on how to change the icons.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...on-change.html

Shawn


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How are you enlarging them? Right click on the Desktop, View, select Large
Icons or Extra Lg.

"Brazos" wrote:

> I do not have many icons on my desktop and I like my icons larger. When I
> enlarge them the icon border changes but the picture on the icon stays the
> same size. What is going on here?

I use the right click method and the control and mouse wheel method.

brink is a 256 bit icon an icon that is 256x256 in size? If that it is then
that is what I am using.

Brazos;437272 Wrote:
> brink is a 256 bit icon an icon that is 256x256 in size? If that it is
> then
> that is what I am using.

Sorry Brazos,

It is 256x256 pixels, but 32 bit. You can read more on the icons here.
It will show you how to make icons that are compatible with the larger
sizes. You might be able to convert the ones you have to.

'Vista Icons - Introducing Vista Icons - How to create Vista Icons'
(http://axialis.com/tutorials/tutorial-vistaicons.html)

Shawn


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I had downloaded Microangeleo toolset 6 and was using their icon editor. I
took your advice and downloaded Axialis icon editor. This worked great. It
is a very good program. I want to extend my thanks to you. Made my day man.

Brazos;437937 Wrote:
> I had downloaded Microangeleo toolset 6 and was using their icon editor.
> I
> took your advice and downloaded Axialis icon editor. This worked great.
> It
> is a very good program. I want to extend my thanks to you. Made my day
> man.

Your welcome Brazos,

I always found Axialis pretty easy to use and understand. Glad that it
helped you out.

Thank you for the feedback,
Shawn


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