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Windows 95 Icons

Easy Icon Creation from Bitmaps

SUMMARY: Easily create icon files (.ICO) from bitmap images (.BMP) on your Windows 95 system.


 

Do you have a great bitmap editor but no decent icon editors? Here's a simple solution to your icon-making problems with Windows 95. Create a 32 x 32 bitmap. Use 16 colors if you want to make a standard icon file, more colors if you want to make a high-color icon. Now, after saving your bitmap, just rename the file to have an extensive of ".ico". Presto! Instant icon.



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