Large icons on Vista desktop?

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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 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Right click the desktop, click "View", click "Large Icons".
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Also, you can hold down the Ctrl key and spin your mouse wheel to resize them.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i never knew that about the Ctrl key mouse wheel , Great Tip , Thanks !
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yeah, thanks for that Mike!
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks for the replies. I tried holding down the
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
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.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
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
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
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.