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Large icons on Vista desktop?

February 26, 2007 11:45:39 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums
I have IconPackager installed on Vista Business and generally it works OK, but I can't figure out how to display icons larger than 48x48 on the desktop. I believe it can be done (I've seen screenshots), but I must be missing something. The icon packs I'm using can display up to 128x128. Any help appreciated!
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Reply #1 February 26, 2007 12:22:40 PM
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Right click the desktop, click "View", click "Large Icons".
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Reply #2 February 26, 2007 12:29:04 PM
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Also, you can hold down the Ctrl key and spin your mouse wheel to resize them.
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Reply #3 February 26, 2007 12:56:15 PM
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i never knew that about the Ctrl key mouse wheel , Great Tip , Thanks !
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Reply #4 February 26, 2007 1:45:22 PM
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Yeah, thanks for that Mike!
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Reply #5 February 26, 2007 4:16:04 PM
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Thanks for the replies. I tried holding down the key and scrolling the mouse wheel, but this has inconsistent results. One set of icons (Artwork) will scale all the way up to 256x256, but a number of other sets will not get larger than 48x48. What's weird is I can view these icon sets in the Icon Packager Explorer and confirm that they contain larger sizes, but they won't display on the desktop. When I scroll the mouse wheel the outlines around the desktop icons show larger and larger squares, but the icon images stay the same size.
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Reply #6 February 27, 2007 9:21:48 PM
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After some experimentation I conclude that resizing desktop icons in Vista works with some icon packages and not others, though I can't say why. Treetog mentions adding Vista support to his "Artwork" icon package, so apparently packages need tweaking in some cases.
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Reply #7 February 27, 2007 9:33:38 PM
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WOW!!! i didn't know that COOOL! THANKS!
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Reply #8 April 9, 2007 10:20:21 AM
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Anyone found a solution for that bug ? some icons which are larger but dont get large in size and just square is grown up, how to fix it please ? thanks alot
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Reply #9 April 9, 2007 11:16:35 AM
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In Vista, Icons must be 256 x 256 in order for the proper scalability. Yes, you can stop them at 128 x 128 but they must first be 256 x 256 icons. For some reason Vista skips over 128 and jumps from 48 x 48 to 256 x 256. That is why some icon packages wont scale due to their max being at 128 x 128.
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