Sizes of frame icons used in Swing

@mKorbel Huh.. did not realize there would be a difference there. Well, user/OS preferences rules over programmer expectation! ;)

  • answer is only about Win8(ent, 64b ....)/WinXP(not mentioned, but setting are quite similair)

  • there are another options please see Bug or feature: Swing default gui font incorrect for Win6+ by @kleopatra, etc

  • is possible to set 64x64 icon on desktop in win8

  • e.g. my setting (not advanced graphics personalizations, despite the fact that I'm Win2008/12 admin, blablabla- "leaving surealism with reversed color scheme, now only with Black & Orange Colors" -end blablabla)

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  • generating

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  • standard setting (only unmarked Use small taskbar buttons)

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  • your window on my screen

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Typical views for this Windows 7 based PC

Note: @bobbel reports the same sizes are used for Windows 10.

Frame - 20x20

Icon Size Usage - showing 20x20 frame icon

Task Bar - 40x40 in task bar itself, hover app shows 20x20

Icon Size Usage - Task Bar

Windows+Tab - 20x20

Icon Size Usage - Windows+Tab

Alt+Tab - 40x40 in lower right, shrunken 20x20 in upper left.

Icon Size Usage - Alt+Tab

Task Manager - 20x20

Icon Size Usage - Task Manager