System Tray icons too big

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I have a problem with Aero v5 theme, it's great and all but the taskbar icons show up too big like this:


I have tried to find a way to resize them but no luck. Anything that I can do about it?

Edit: When I try other themes, the icons show up correctly.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't have that one, but if it was designed that way - you'll probably have to change it in SkinStudio
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
In the past, Caption Height has had an impact on SysTray Icon sizing. What's the Caption Height setting on that skin, just out of curiosity?
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Well.. I can't find Caption Height from System Tray menu. But is it elsewhere then? Only menus that have "Captions" are Window Borders - Per Pixel and Tool Window Borders
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry, I was referring to the Titlebar image - Caption Height is a setting in that attribute section in SkinStudio. In SDSpeak, Caption = Titlebar.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Damn, can't find it... Sorry, I just can't find it..
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hi Daiwa!
This is the solution that I found:

* Click Start -> Control Panel -> Display

* Choose the Advanced Tab

* Go to the Active Title Bar option, and ensure that the font size is no larger than 8 point (Tahoma recommended).
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Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
In SkinStudio:

Click 'Window Borders' in the Explorer (left) pane.

Click the '+' sign next to 'Top Image' in the Attribute list in the right pane to expand that section.

Sixth attribute down in that section is 'Caption Height' - it must match the actual height of the 'Frame Image - Top' image, in pixels (will usually default to that).
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Caption Height = 28
Frame image - Top = 769 x 28

So should I lower both values to 20 or something like that? For example, CH would be 20 and FI 769 x 20?

Edit: Now they are showing up correctly without editing those values. Weird stuff. My fonts were at Tahoma 8 like bilbo suggested, and after I checked those out and pressed ok, those icons started to show up the way they should Hopefully porblem solved now.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have skins with Caption Heights from 23 to 29 which display the SysTray Icons properly, but I must admit I haven't played around with testing that for a loooong time, probable the WB 3.x days. I just remember that Caption Heights too far away from the Windows default (26, as I recall) would cause trouble with the rendering of those icons, even in Windows Classic (without WB running).

Glad you got it fixed.