What's an easy way to edit 256+ color toolbar resources in VS2008?

Question

When I go to edit a toolbar resource in VS2008, it converts it to a 16color (4-bit) bitmap. WTF? What do you use to edit toolbars that doesn't suck?

You've got to be kidding me... surely there is an add-on or a plug-in to the VS2008 resource editor to make it work correctly with high color bitmaps? This just seems insane. How are all of those many apps out there producing a toolbar without a reasonable toolbar editor available to them?

Answer 1

I use Axialis IconWorkshop, but I don't know whether it can edit toolbar resources.

Answer 2

I use icofx from here.

Hope this helps, Best regards, Tom.

Answer 3

You mean you don't use MSPaint ?

Practical answer - at least in the MFc days, no you had to edit it separately.
Today I would probably use paint.net