How do I enlarge low res icons?


  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    How do I enlarge low res icons?


    I like to use large icons and most programs have high res icons, but for those that don't is there a way to scale them? I don't care if they end up pixelated or blurry, I just want them all to be the same size. I don't want to make new icons or replace them, just scale old 48x48 icons to full size.

    Thankz.
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  2. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #2

    Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
    See if this helps ico files will open in gimp where you can add more files to it,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkuZqJCFaog
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLHkN03Ocr8
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  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I hope that's not the only way, windows can downscale icons but not upscale them? While it is annoying to have these tiny icons sat in big squares I just can't be bothered to redo them.
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  4. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #4

    Hi,
    You can always post the images here of what the icons are using a search engine and we can make new ones for you
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  5. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    That's still too much effort for someone as lazy as me. I was hoping someone might know of a simple reg hack to do something like tricking the thumbnail generator to work on icons.
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  6. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #6

    Hi,
    None I know of :/
    Incomplete ico files
    If you change your mind feel free to post 1 at a time...
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