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In Windows 95, even if you authored an icon containing more than 16 colors, it would still be displayed as a 16-color icon. (With a strange exception that ther
by Dwedit 3y ago
In Windows 95, even if you authored an icon containing more than 16 colors, it would still be displayed as a 16-color icon. (With a strange exception that there were 4 additional colors that could appear in icons, including another gray, a greenish gray, sky blue, and a nearly white color)
Then finally Windows 98 updates the shell to actually support full-color icons, and this was a big deal. I think Microsoft Plus for Windows 95 also added this feature as well.
- Lammy 3y agoYou can do it for free with [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowsMetrics] "Shell Icon BPP"="16" "24" and "32" should also work as values if you have a capable adapter+display combination.