Icon displays with incorrect colors

This can occur when the icon only includes images in a color depth higher than your system is configured to display. The number of colors that Windows is able to display in icon images is dependent on two settings. The system video display must be configured to display greater than 256 colors. The color depth of the system image cache must also be increased to a minimum of 65 thousand colors.

Configure the system video color depth

  1. Click Start and point to Settings.

  2. Select Control Panel. The Control Panel window will open.

  3. Double-click the Display icon. A Display Properties dialog will appear.

  4. Select the Settings tab.

  5. Use the Color Palette (Colors on some platforms) control to select a color depth greater than 256 colors.

  6. Click OK.

Configure the system image color depth

NOTE: The following information does not apply to Windows XP, because Windows XP automatically adjusts the system color depth for the best icon display.

  1. Launch On Display.

  2. Click to access the Icon Color Depth dialog.

  3. Select 16-bit or 24-bit color, click OK, then Apply the changes.

  4. On Display will prompt you to restart Windows.