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Some Windows 7 desktop icons have faint border

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Mar 15, 20263402 views
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Some icons in my Windows 7 (desktop) have these strange borders: I tried changing the size, and it seems to be disappearing at some point (around 48 or even 32px.). Changing between Small-Medium-Large on right-click context menu doesn't change the size of this icon, it stays small, and the border r…

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Fix for: Some Windows 7 desktop icons have faint border

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Your .ICO file needs to have a 256x256 layer to be able to be zoomed above 'medium' and not have that border. That layer may have to be RGB/A as well, but I'm not 100% on that off hand. Here's some good information on the changes to Windows Icons in…

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