Enable High Color Icons in Windows 95 and later

The following works IF your Video Card takes 16 Bit to 32 Bit color!

If your using a version of Windows in which the icons are not HIGH Color(16bit/32bit) but rather at 256 colors and below, you easily enable it!

Follow these steps:

Open Registry Editor

Go to "START" Menu > "RUN" and type in:

regedit

Once the Registry Editor opens go the following root folders:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
(HKCU)

If you don't see the String:

Shell Icon BPP

Then create a New one. Right click any empty space on the Right of Registry Editor, select "New" and then click on STRING VALUE

Once created, rename the Value to:

Shell Icon BPP
(WITH SPACES)

Open the Value.

Once open, in the VALUE DATA box key in:

32

(32=32Bit color High color)

After that click [OK] and close registry!

Restart the PC.