Icons in 256 colors

[Phogy 0]

I can't get my icons to show more than 256 colors. It all started today. Toggling "Show icons using all possible colors" doesn't matter.

I've tried SP1 reinstalling Win2k... Rebuilding icons in TweakUI doesn't fix it either. Please help!

[bobbinbrisco 0]

what screen resolution r u in?

try re-installing ur graphics card drivers or up[censored] it, this is what happened to me.

 

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2 Computers (networked)both have :

 

Intel SE440BX2

Pentium III 700Mhz (100)

LS-120 120 Mb (100MHz)

Fujitsu 17.3 GB Ultra DMA 66/10.2 GB Ultra DMA 66

Mitsubihi 50X IDE

Creative Vibra PCI 128bit

Matrox Millenium G400 16Mb AGP/Diamond Speedstar 8Mb AGP

Bay Netgear 10/100PCI

Medium ATX Tower case

120W Multimedia

MS INternet KB (PS2)

MS Win2000 Pro

[Phogy 0]

I have the most recent drivers (NVidia Detonator 3) and I run true color 1600x1200...

[jaywallen 0]

Hi,

 

You might want to try increasing the icon cache size in the registry:

 

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer

 

You want to "Add Value" named "Max Cached Icons" (Note: there ARE spaces between words in this value name.) of type REG_SZ. I've seen a value of 8000 (decimal) suggested.

 

You might have to blow away your ShellIconCache file and reboot before you see the results.

 

Not sure this is applicable in your situation, but I've seen this course of action improve icon behaviors of various kinds, particularly corruptions.

 

Regards,

Jim

 

[This message has been edited by jaywallen (edited 29 September 2000).]