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Solve : Pixelated Taskbar Icons? |
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Answer» This is quite unusual. I was curious about the various accessibility options available in XP, so I launched the Accessibility wizard. The first option you can change with the wizard is the text size for items on the screen. For kicks, I checked the smallest text size available. This changed the size of the menu bars of my applications. To revert back to my original settings, I clicked the cancel button. Everything seemed fine, until I looked at my task bar. I noticed that my quick launch icons were slightly larger and pixelated. You were going to back it up first, after all. Uhhh... nnn... Uh... yes. I deleated my iconcache.db file. It was 2,181KB, if that means anything. Upon restart, There was no change. What followed next was a series of desperation level tweaks that I was almost sure wouldn't do anything (and they didn't) but I tried anyway just to make sure. I restarted in Safe Mode (as if), frobbed around with screen resolutions, hardware acceleration, blah, blah, blah. One thing that made a slight difference was changing my screen from 96 to 120 DPI. Quicklaunch icons were larger and smoother. Changing them to the larger size (right-click the resize bars next to the QuickLaunch area and select view >> large/small icons) only made them slightly larger. However System Tray icons were as bad as EVER (maybe even worse) as were regedit folder icons. I KNOW, none of that stood a chance of solving my problem, but it at least made me feel like I was doing something. I suppose my last option is to ENLARGE the icon cache in RegEdit (*gulp*). I'm not sure how that would help me, but its my last resort. The only problem: most people seem to edit the icon cache in relation to corrupted desktop icons. My problem is related to the mini-icons that populate various areas of my system. Might or might not be related. Here's the thread that I read through for info: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1061668518 Any last suggestions before I get the machete out and launch a foray into my registry? Get the panic button ready... --Oober NooberI just used a VB script from www.Kellys-Korner.com. The code was simple enough: Code: [Select]Option Explicit Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Dim WSHShell, n, p, itemtype, mybox p = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Max Cached Icons" itemtype = "REG_SZ" n = "12000" WSHShell.RegWrite p, n, itemtype MyBox = MsgBox("You must Log Off/Log On for the changes to take effect.", 48,"Done") I figured that way if something went wrong I could theoreticaly blame KELLY. As I expected, there was no positive change. I'm flummoxed. :-? --Oober What happens if you delete and re-create the quick launch shortcuts?No improvement. Remember, the problem wasn't isolated to my QL area. It was almost every small format icon on my system with the exception of listing a folder by details mode (or any other option that listed folder contents in the small icons). It doesn't matter anymore because the problem has been solved!!. I changed my system's appearance from XP style to the old Windows classic scheme. All of my system's small icons were restored to their former selves. The icons stayed smooth when I returned back to the XP style. That doesn't stop me from wondering just what happened though... --OoberOh well. I wouldn't worry about it. Unless you happen to be an MS kernel coder... |
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