Windows Vista Beta 2 icon screenshots

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Index of all high-resolution Windows Vista icons

Original Windows Vista Beta 1 icons report.

Note: The browsable collection of icon screenshots was removed on Microsoft's request.

Beta 1 - Beta 2 comparison

The number of icons with high-resolution images has increased significantly in Beta 2 (from 104 in Beta 1 to to 296). The style of the icons is also more consistent with the Glass theme available in this build.

Creating Vista icons

RealWorld Icon Editor support compressed Windows Vista formats and implements functions that can help you create icons in Vista-style. Shadow effect on this screenshot was created by simply dragging with mouse from a point where the object touches ground upwards.

More resources

An article about compressed Vista icons.

Batch icon extractor - a free tool with Vista icon support.

Editor for Vista Icons - more about Vista-specific enhancements in RealWolrd Icon Editor 2006.1.

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Vlasta (2006-04-25): I am no lawyer, but I believe so. No one will be happy if other people would use their property.

Unknown author (2006-04-26): Vlasta, u are right!
but, 23423423423+++ developers in the world...
do you think that microsoft will got u?
Since your app isnt world famous, i think not!

Unknown author (2006-04-26): Yes, but 'will I get busted?' is a different question than 'is it legal?'

Unknown author (2006-07-17): come now, lost of little, no big business, apps, used XP icons, whats the diff? I'd say, go ahead and use them!

Unknown author (2006-09-06): Believe it or not Microsoft is notifying people one by one to remove vista icons from their site.

Unknown author (2006-09-20): I believe it's perfectly legal to use Windows icons in your software (I can't remember exactly, but I think I've read this in ASP newsgroups) as long as you don't pretend they're not yours.

not sure about vista icons, thought, as it's still in beta.

Unknown author (2006-09-20): where are internet?

Unknown author (2006-09-21): Not true at all. You can find on the web that your not allowed to use the XP Operating System Icons in your own application. Like I said... Microsoft has been notifying people to remove vista icons from their sites. If you want some legit ones, go to VirtualLNK.

milkiny (2006-10-11): bueno

ctsmart (2008-08-20): You can't even put a .xls to .html converter on your site.

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