Windows 10: "Change Icon..." yields a Medium-size icon only when I select an ICO file -- why and how do...

I have valid ICO files (created from PNG files by IrfanView from the Windows Store). If my desktop icon view is set to Large icons (right-click on desktop -> View -> Large icons) and if I right click on a shortcut on my desktop, select Properties -> Shortcut tab -> Change Icon... and then select the ICO file as the icon, it selects it fine, but it only appears the size of a Medium Icon and there's a thin (maybe 1-pixel) border around the outside of where the icon border would be if it were a Large icon. I see this also happens with some lesser apps with their own native/included icons. My problem occurs regardless of the size of the icon image I have created (or at least making it bigger doesn't seem to help).


What is required of an icon to appear as a full size Windows 10 icon on the desktop, when view is set to Large icons?

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Windows 10 LARGE shortcut Icons are the same size as Medium Icons

Hello guys,

Ok, I created some custom large icons for my folder shortcuts. I wanted the picture to fill the icon square space. The icon looks exactly the way I want it. But when I apply the icon to the shortcut, its the same size as the Medium icon except the so-called
large one has a big thick border around it.

I tried using CTRL and scrolling the wheel and the icon stays the same but the surrounding border or padding gets bigger--not the picture. This is strange to me because if I put the same ICO file along side the folder, the ICO file is much bigger about twice
the size of my shortcut icon.

I'm very disappointed that I can't get my shortcut icon to fill the whole icon space.

Any thoughts or suggestions? Am I just going to have to live with this? It doesn't make sense to allot that much space to an icon but just fill it with empty space. The medium and the large are the same size!

You can see in the attached picture below. The actual ICO file is much better. When I apply that icon to the shortcut it is the same size as the medium with more padding. Below the first row, the View is set to Extra Large, but the only thing that changes
is the padding around the picture. Its not extra large at all. The picture is swamped in a sea of nothing!

 

icon text size

If you right click on the desktop it should give you the option to change the icon size,

• 1. Right-click on an empty space on the desktop.
• 2. Select View from the contextual menu.
• 3. Select either Large icons, Medium icons, or Small icons.

 

hard drive icon?

Hi, i am trying to change my hard drive icon and have never done it before. I searched and found a little guide but it didnt work. I downloaded an icon from iconarchive.com and so its a single icon in an ico file type.

It opened notepad and typed:

[autorun]

icon=C:\"the file extenstion".ico

and saved it as "C:\autrun.inf"

but this is how it turned out:






can anyone help me with this?