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How to display 8-bit icons in Windows Installer?

I have a number of .ico files in my installer that have various renderings for different palette depths, sizes, etc. These display on the MSI's UI rather than being a part of the installation process.

Unfortunately, each of these icon files are displaying the 4-bit palette depth version, which looks a bit rubbish. Is there a way to get the icons to display at the full 8-bit palette?

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Why not delete the 4 bit version from the icon and keep only the 8 bit one version?

Shay Erlichmen  2009-07-19 09:35:21
I thought the 4-bit icon is displaying because 8-bit palette icons aren't supported; is this not the case? Am I missing something?
alastairs  2009-07-19 19:11:29
I really don't know, I saw some cases when the 1st ico was loaded no matter what, so if the 1st ico is going to be 8 bpp it might work around the problem.
Shay Erlichmen  2009-07-19 19:17:55
Just got another chance to look at this. The first image in the icon file is an 8bpp image, whilst the 4bpp image that is being displayed is the sixth.
alastairs  2009-08-04 12:37:01

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