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Start11 Pinned Apps bad resolution

Is there a way to solve this problem?

Pinned apps icon with bad resolution comparing to the openned app itself

Because how can I have a nice and modern looking as I want, but with basic low resolution icons?

Its anoying

(all the dimentions of the buttons/icons in Start11 are in default values)

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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need to know what resolution you're expecting on such a limited area?

48x48 will be too big, 32x32 look closer. I believe Windows is using the 32x32 size for taskbar medium size. Perhaps you can use Large taskbar to use up the bigger icons.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Thanks for your awnser
32px with same problem
Ive tryed all resolutions.. seems a rendering problem

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Perhaps you can try "Large taskbar" to have more space on the taskbar for larger icons.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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I've tryed evey possible combination with icon size, button size and taskbar size. Same problem.
I forgot to mention, these Icons where ninned manually using this option:

You could try to pin Chrome that way to reproduce the problem in your machine.

Same problem with Edge

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Hi,
I'm not entirely sure what you're expecting here, but based on what I see, the icons will likely be resized automatically to fit the available space. Personally, it looks fine to me.
That said, I've forwarded your issue to the Stardock Support Team for further assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates from them.
We truly appreciate your feedback and patience, thank you!

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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Maybe this will help. Note that if the icon size is not available, Windows will pick the next closest image and resize it as necessary. It also depends on your scaling.

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Just to clarify:
What I'm trying to do is to simulate a "Quick Launch Toolbar" using the "Pin File" feature to pin apps instead of files.
I just expect the fixed icons look perfect like the app's icon itself... all sizes are default. I didn't change anything.
If it were something else, the apps icon would be low quality reso too.

You can see the difference between the pinned icon and the opened app.

I know we almost can't see the difference, but for me its terribly inelegant.
Even better would be if we had the launch bar back because it has the separator | and everything

Thank you very much for this amazing project!

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Thank you for explaining further. I was able to reproduce the issue by viewing it at 3x magnification. I’ve already forwarded it to our Support team for their input.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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Hi VTMNC,

Thank you for posting.

Quoting VTMNC,

reply 7

What I'm trying to do is to simulate a "Quick Launch Toolbar" using the "Pin File" feature to pin apps instead of files.
I just expect the fixed icons look perfect like the app's icon itself... all sizes are default. I didn't change anything.
If it were something else, the apps icon would be low quality reso too.

You can see the difference between the pinned icon and the opened app.

I know we almost can't see the difference, but for me its terribly inelegant.
Even better would be if we had the launch bar back because it has the separator | and everything

Thank you very much for this amazing project!

We'll have this logged for review.

Internal Ref: ODNT-11322

Best regards,

Adam McGuinness
Stardock Support Specialist

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