Icon (.ico) sizes for WPF applications

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What is the sizes for the icons, for the desktop and the left corner of the window, so the icons maintain their original resolution and not be resized?

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What I have tried:

nothing yet nothing yet nothing yet

Posted 24-Mar-19 3:40am

tool__

Updated 24-Mar-19 5:13am

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Gerry Schmitz · Answer 1 · 2019-03-24T05:13:00

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Take a screen shot; paste into Paint; zoom in with Grid on; count the pixels: 16x16; 24; 32; 48; 64; 128; ...

Some variation thereof.

Posted 24-Mar-19 5:13am

Gerry Schmitz

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tool__ 24-Mar-19 12:20pm

In Microsoft they say:

Application icons and Control Panel items: The full set includes 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, and 256x256 (code scales between 32 and 256). The .ico file format is required. For Classic Mode, the full set is 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48 and 64x64.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/uxguide/vis-icons

Is there a reason to include all the resolutions you mention or just the resolutions in microsoft page are good enough? 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, and 256x256

Maciej Los 24-Mar-19 12:34pm

Gerry, what you are talking about?

tool__ 25-Mar-19 8:44am

I found the reason why you need more resolutions than those suggested by microsoft, when the application is running and it shown in the task bar, the icon there is distorted because it's probably something between 16x16 and 32x32 so I guess it's the 24x24 that missing

tool__ 25-Mar-19 10:13am

I added the 24x24 resolution to the ico file but the icon in the taskbar is still distorted... anyone has any idea?