Pidlshortcut/Avedesk replacement for vista?

So I recently took the plunge and installed Vista SP1 on my system, and overall I am very pleased, however there are a few annoyances that continue to plague me.

It mostly has to do with large icons. I know that vista supports huge icons, but I am having major difficulty getting custom icons to appear in the same large size as "standard ones" (See picture). I also attempted the ctrl+scroll maneuver and the "to be sorted" stays the same size while the bounding box gets bigger, and yes before you ask, the ICO file has a 128px image in it.

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I attempted the 1.4 Avedesk compatibility build and it works.. however it was very glitchy, and the fact that whenever I used the show desktop button the icons disappeared until I hit it again was a deal breaker.

So I am very curious what the latest technique to pull this off is, I went to a variety of different widget engines and can't seem to find what I am looking for, which is pretty much something like pidlshortcut from avedesk. I attempted samurize breifly but I can't seem to figure out where to start with the icons, though I am sure it's possible.

Someone please shed some light I am at my witts end.

#508209

Right click on the pidlshortcut > desklet properties > adjust the icon size.

and the fact that whenever I used the show desktop button the icons disappeared until I hit it again was a deal breaker.

That's because show desktop just paints the desktop/wallpaper on top of the current windows, and the Avedesk icons/desklets themselves are counted as a normal window (on Vista at least, they wouldn't appear otherwise when set as a desktop icon).

#508269

Thank you for your reply but I don't think you quite understand. I know how to resize avedesk icons, but I that is not the route that I want to choose because avedesk no longer functions properly.

The picture I posted is of my vanilla vista desk, and I am confused as to why an ICO with a 128px icon in it will only show up at that size, and any other software/tweaks I can use/perform to get my big icons back.

#508312

::bump::

Nobody's got anything?

#508405

Might have tried here: AveDesk support forum

#508409

Hey there,

Vista uses 256 x 256 icons, and you'll get the square around the icons if they don't meet the requirements...

I don't use vista myself but I think it's like that...

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