Windows icon resolution

Targets Windows
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I have a nice jpg with an icon for my app
I have clicked on App::icon and uploaded it to all the sizes
when I build the App, the icon is very grainy, as if it chose the wrong size

so, how do I tell it I want a better resolution icon?
cheers

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[quote=112692:@Mike McPherson]I have a nice jpg with an icon for my app
I have clicked on App::icon and uploaded it to all the sizes
when I build the App, the icon is very grainy, as if it chose the wrong size

so, how do I tell it I want a better resolution icon?
[/quote]

Seems Windows chooses itself which resolution to use, and does not go over 256x256 in any case.

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3236115/which-icon-sizes-should-my-windows-applications-icon-include

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hello Michel B
thanks for that

so, supplementary question, how do I remove an icon of a particular resolution?
ideally I want to remove them all and just supply 256 x 256

thanks :slight_smile:

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[quote=112701:@Mike McPherson]how do I remove an icon of a particular resolution?
ideally I want to remove them all and just supply 256 x 256[/quote]

Do not remove 16, 32 and 48. If you did, your app would display as a generic program at best, or with no icon at worst.

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I just made a new test app
only gave it 256 x 256
seems to scale it down and is so much better than any of the smaller icons

so - how do I remove the others, please, pretty please :slight_smile:

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[quote=112707:@Mike McPherson]I just made a new test app
only gave it 256 x 256
seems to scale it down and is so much better than any of the smaller icons

so - how do I remove the others, please, pretty please :)[/quote]

If every size is provided to the app, it is to give you a chance to edit every image to insure the best rendition possible. I very much doubt mechanically reducing a 256 icon to 16 or 32, for instance, would look better than an icon hand designed to render well at such sizes. You can even have different designs for 16x16 and for 256x256, to look better in windows lists, for instance.

You may also note these parts of the SO post :

Whatever, now. You are supposed to know what you are doing. Don’t be surprised if you get support requests from XP users or something.

In the App/icon select the size you want to remove and hit Delete …

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hello Michel
yup, I understand the issues
and thanks for the information
(I don’t blame you for any issues arising :slight_smile: )