xp pro 32 bits system tray icons

[Harry Tuttle]

hi! I've reinstalled xp pro removed a lot of crap with xp lite and customize with tweak ui and I just noticed that the icons are not showing in 32 bits in the system tray

now I don't know if it's because of something I removed or tweaked or if it's a microsoft update that enabled to see them in 32 bits (I have sp1 and do not plan to update anything directly from microsoft) I know dr hoiby website has an explorer patch for older versions of windows but I can't find a patch or update for xp

anybody can help? thanks

Edited September 1, 2007 by Harry Tuttle

[Harry Tuttle]

ok now I kinda know what the problem is, my color depth is set to 16 bits

where's the value in the registry that I have to change to force xp to show system tray icons in 16 bits instead of 256 colors?

stupid question: is there an advantage to run in 32 bits instead of 16 bits, because I've always runned win98 in 16 bits and I can't see a difference between 16 and 32 and doesn't 32 takes more ressources??

Edited September 1, 2007 by Harry Tuttle

[Harry Tuttle]

nevermind it turns out the only icon that is showing in 256 colors when color depth is at 16 bits is utorrent

"Fix: Low color icon no longer displays when not running in 32-bit color, instead 256 color icon is used always"