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How can I enable Hi-Colour icons?
John Savill
January 8, 2000
1 Min Read
A. If you run the Desktop control panel applet (Start - Settings -Control Panel - Desktop) and select the Plus! tab you can check the box"Show icons using all possible colors" to get better resolutionicons, however this can also be done by directly editing the registry (if youdon't have the Plus! tab or if you wish to perform via a logon script etc.)
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktopWindowMetrics
From the Edit menu select New - String Value
Enter a name of "Shell Icon BPP" (don't type the quotes) andpress enter
Double click the new value and set to 16 if you have a 16 bit graphic cardor 24 for 24 bit graphics cards. Click OK
Close the registry editor
Pressing F5 to refresh your screen should make the change take effect, ifnot reboot.
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