Icon only 16 colors on Windows 7 Beta

[Former user]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 274

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. View the standalone EXE on Windows 7
2. View the ICO file from the source code on Windows 7

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
A 32-bit icon, a 16 color icon.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.10.1, Windows 7 Beta.

Please provide any additional information below.
Attached some screenshots.  Oddly, when the application is running, a
better icon is displayed, but when it is not (and the application is
"pinned" to the Windows 7 task bar), it still renders in only 16 colors.

My system is a standard install of the Windows 7 Beta with Firefox,
Fireworks CS4, Inkscape, iTunes, and Adobe Reader installed...that's it.  I
have a fully functioning graphics card with drivers (NVIDIA 8800 GTS 512,
v179.43) that seems to render every other icon on my system correctly.

If you would like any help developing a full Windows Vista/Windows 7 icon
(supporting sizes up to 256x256 and colors up to 32-bit), let me know...I'd
love to contribute!  Great tool, by the way!  I love it since the XP
PowerToy has been forgotten.  :-)

Reported by gogogadgetearl on 2009-04-10 23:59:45

<hr> * Attachment: SpeedCrunch-exe.png<br> * Attachment: SpeedCrunch-task-off.png<br> * Attachment: SpeedCrunch-task-on.png<br> * Attachment: SpeedCrunch-ico.png<br>

[Former user]

``` I agree - great tool (thanks!), poor icon. Easy to fix though - here are some based on the image on the speedcrunch website. Cmor. ```

Reported by `c4cmor` on 2009-12-09 16:41:41

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• *Attachment: [speedcrunch_windows2.ico](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/speedcrunch/issue-274/comment-1/speedcrunch_windows2.ico)*
• *Attachment: [speedcrunch_macos2.ico](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/speedcrunch/issue-274/comment-1/speedcrunch_macos2.ico)*
• *Attachment: [favicon.ico](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/speedcrunch/issue-274/comment-1/favicon.ico)*

[Former user]

``` I've the same problem, I like the program a lot, but this little icon problem makes it really ugly in the windows 7 interface. ```

Reported by `gabriel.gross` on 2011-02-09 11:51:28

[Former user]

Can any of you guys report how the new icon looks in the new release?

Reported by helder.pereira.correia on 2014-02-04 18:42:56

[Former user]

The problem remains the same in v0.11 (you can see in Issue 473 opened by myself).
I already have tested it in Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 and always got the same result.

Reported by gabriel.gross on 2014-07-03 16:58:56

[Former user]

Closing this one since we have issue 473.

Reported by helder.pereira.correia on 2014-07-04 02:20:54 - Status changed: Duplicate - Merged into: #473