XP Icon Help!!! w/MUST HAVE Tweak

Nferno666 · 11-01-2002, 07:53 PM

well my icons look like there set to 256 colors when i set it to 16bit...they only look good when i have it on 32 bit...this never happened untill i used Powertoys from the microsoft page. I opened it and click on fix icons to see what it does and i didn't see it do anything but when i turned it to 16 bit colors it was like if it was on 256 colors? how can i fix this?????

LPDad · 11-01-2002, 08:08 PM

Ahh..Young Man, You seek guidance from the all knowing, all powerful UTC. Fear not, for you have come to the source of all knowledge and power.

Indeed you have shown yourself worthy to receive the knowledge you so desperately seek by your affiliation with such a fine site as UTC.

Take this knowledge and use it wisely, and your troubles will henceforth be over, and share with your friends generously.

Abrakadabra.....POOF!

(well at anyrate, your Icons will work again

)

Music Pirate · 11-01-2002, 08:11 PM

Couldn't that a also solve with flushing the computer cache like using Spybot or Norton Systemworks.....remembering reading that somewhere..

gbread49 · 11-01-2002, 08:12 PM

Hi Nferno666,

To display the XP style "3D" looking icons, you have to have your graphics set to 32bit. A 16bit setting will display the icons in a more "flat" look and the icons will not have the smooth, sharp look to them.

When you say PowerToys, I take it you are referring to TweakUI for WinXP. TweakUI should not have any bearing on how the icons are displayed (the color quality). Using the "Repair Icons" function only clears the icon cache and fixes problems when Windows is displaying the wrong icon for an application. You can do the same thing manually by deleting the "ShellIconCache" file and then rebooting to have Windows rebuild the icon cache.

Hope this helps and Welcome to UTC.....

Nferno666 · 11-01-2002, 08:15 PM

well on my other comp 16 bit looks just like 32bit for the icons...but on this one it looks like win95 icons..ugly lol

Nferno666 · 11-01-2002, 08:16 PM

ok thanks LPDad it worked!!!!

LPDad · 11-01-2002, 08:21 PM

Hehe, Of course it worked.

'Cause I said So....

LPDad · 11-02-2002, 10:23 AM

Seriously, EVERYONE with WinXP should get and use xp Icon tweak. Save it somewhere with all of your Special things so that when you do a reinstall/reformat you can find it easily.

gbread49 · 11-02-2002, 10:51 AM

Thanks for the tip, LPDad.......

Why didn't you tell me about that tweak before! *L*

LPDad · 11-02-2002, 05:16 PM

There are so many of them, I guess that one sort of slipped by.
Sorry.

gbread49 · 11-02-2002, 08:17 PM

LPDad, Now that is an understatement! I thought 98SE had a bunch of tweaks....phooey, about 1/10th of the ones for XP.....*L*

Oh, and thats ok you forgot that one tweak,,, just don't let it happen again! hehehehehehheee (j/k) (forever in your debt...:thumbs up)

Maximus8o8 · 11-11-2002, 05:50 PM

This is one of the coolest icon programs i have ever used..and its free..and its clean of spyware...enjoy.
http://cursorarts.com/ca_aifw.html

11-01-2002, 07:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nferno666 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 20	XP Icon Help!!! well my icons look like there set to 256 colors when i set it to 16bit...they only look good when i have it on 32 bit...this never happened untill i used Powertoys from the microsoft page. I opened it and click on fix icons to see what it does and i didn't see it do anything but when i turned it to 16 bit colors it was like if it was on 256 colors? how can i fix this?????

11-01-2002, 08:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
LPDad Admin & "Fixer" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Costa Mesa, CA Posts: 2,293	Ahh..Young Man, You seek guidance from the all knowing, all powerful UTC. Fear not, for you have come to the source of all knowledge and power. Indeed you have shown yourself worthy to receive the knowledge you so desperately seek by your affiliation with such a fine site as UTC. Take this knowledge and use it wisely, and your troubles will henceforth be over, and share with your friends generously. Abrakadabra.....POOF! (well at anyrate, your Icons will work again ) __________________ We don't need no stink'n TechSupport We ARE TechSupport. *LPDad* Administrator

11-01-2002, 08:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
gbread49 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 744	Hi Nferno666, To display the XP style "3D" looking icons, you have to have your graphics set to 32bit. A 16bit setting will display the icons in a more "flat" look and the icons will not have the smooth, sharp look to them. When you say PowerToys, I take it you are referring to TweakUI for WinXP. TweakUI should not have any bearing on how the icons are displayed (the color quality). Using the "Repair Icons" function only clears the icon cache and fixes problems when Windows is displaying the wrong icon for an application. You can do the same thing manually by deleting the "ShellIconCache" file and then rebooting to have Windows rebuild the icon cache. Hope this helps and Welcome to UTC..... __________________

11-01-2002, 08:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nferno666 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 20	well on my other comp 16 bit looks just like 32bit for the icons...but on this one it looks like win95 icons..ugly lol __________________ Nferno4891

11-01-2002, 08:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
Nferno666 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 20	ok thanks LPDad it worked!!!! __________________ Nferno4891

11-01-2002, 08:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Music Pirate Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 452	Couldn't that a also solve with flushing the computer cache like using Spybot or Norton Systemworks.....remembering reading that somewhere..

11-01-2002, 08:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
LPDad Admin & "Fixer" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Costa Mesa, CA Posts: 2,293	Hehe, Of course it worked. 'Cause I said So.... __________________ We don't need no stink'n TechSupport We ARE TechSupport. *LPDad* Administrator

11-02-2002, 10:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
LPDad Admin & "Fixer" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Costa Mesa, CA Posts: 2,293	Seriously, EVERYONE with WinXP should get and use xp Icon tweak. Save it somewhere with all of your Special things so that when you do a reinstall/reformat you can find it easily. __________________ We don't need no stink'n TechSupport We ARE TechSupport. *LPDad* Administrator

11-02-2002, 10:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
gbread49 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 744	Thanks for the tip, LPDad....... Why didn't you tell me about that tweak before! L __________________

11-02-2002, 05:16 PM	#10 (permalink)
LPDad Admin & "Fixer" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Costa Mesa, CA Posts: 2,293	There are so many of them, I guess that one sort of slipped by. Sorry. __________________ We don't need no stink'n TechSupport We ARE TechSupport. *LPDad* Administrator

11-02-2002, 08:17 PM	#11 (permalink)
gbread49 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 744	LPDad, Now that is an understatement! I thought 98SE had a bunch of tweaks....phooey, about 1/10th of the ones for XP.....L Oh, and thats ok you forgot that one tweak,,, just don't let it happen again! hehehehehehheee (j/k) (forever in your debt...:thumbs up) __________________

11-11-2002, 05:50 PM	#12 (permalink)
Maximus8o8 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 199	This is one of the coolest icon programs i have ever used..and its free..and its clean of spyware...enjoy. http://cursorarts.com/ca_aifw.html

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