Bad icon colors, please help!
Sunday, October 13, 2002 by Yoshi11 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I've recently downloaded WindowBlinds and IconPackager, so this problem could relate to either of them. After I installed the programs, every single icon on my computer has switched to 16-color format. It looks REALLY bad now... I've tried everything to get my icons to look normal again--uninstalling, reinstalling, even resetting the settings for my user profile. My computer resolution is 1024 x 768 at True Color, and I have the "Use all possible colors for icons" option checked.
This is really frustrating... I hope you can help me.
Thanks,
Yoshi
This is really frustrating... I hope you can help me.
Thanks,
Yoshi
bianca
Reply #2 Monday, October 14, 2002 4:20 AM
Reply #2 Monday, October 14, 2002 4:20 AM
Uncheck "Use all possible colors", Sometimes it lowers color display to 16 colors. Restart. If it doesn't help, there's a tweak at www.VirtualPastic.net that explains how to set your color format back to 24 or 32 bit
digitaljames
Reply #3 Monday, October 14, 2002 6:40 AM
Reply #3 Monday, October 14, 2002 6:40 AM
Also, if you are using an iconpackage designed for Windows XP, the icons will look all raggedy with black outlines.....
bianca
Reply #4 Monday, October 14, 2002 7:56 AM
Reply #4 Monday, October 14, 2002 7:56 AM
This helped when I was running Windows 98, don't know about Windows 2000:
1. Open C\Windows\Regedit.exe,or x\winnt\regedit.exe.
2. Find the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics"
3. Select it.
4. On the right there must be a string value called "Shell Icon BPP",
if it's not there, create it.
5. Rightclick on it, choose Modify.
6. Enter your color depth, i.e. 16, 24 or 32.
7. Restart.
1. Open C\Windows\Regedit.exe,or x\winnt\regedit.exe.
2. Find the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics"
3. Select it.
4. On the right there must be a string value called "Shell Icon BPP",
if it's not there, create it.
5. Rightclick on it, choose Modify.
6. Enter your color depth, i.e. 16, 24 or 32.
7. Restart.
Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:
- Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums and downloading skins.
- Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
- Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
- It's simple, and FREE!
Reply #1 Sunday, October 13, 2002 8:23 PM
Yoshi