Windows – Resize desktop icons in Windows 7

Maybe there is a gadget that can act as an application launcher for 1 application using a custom icon. You'd have 1 gadget for each application for which you'd want to have a bigger icon.

If such a gadget does not exist, you could create it yourself, for your preferred applications. See this tutorial where they explain how to launch My Computer from a gadget. It could be adapted for any application by changing some lines.

Edit: I tried the instructions in the tutorial and came up with this "Google Earth" gadget. It is bigger than the regular desktop icons and it works fine, launching Google Earth when clicking on it. I found the icon on the Net (thanks Google Image).

Here is what the Add Gadget window looks like with the new Google Earth gadget (see author and website ;-) ).

Try this:

Reset the desktop icon cache

1. Click Start, and open Computer.
2. On the Tool bar, click Organize and choose Folder and Search Options.
3. Click the View tab, and check to select the Show hidden files and folders option, and click OK.
4. Then, enter the following directory:

C:\Users(User Name)\AppData\Local

1. Find the IconCache.db file, and rename it as IconCache.db.old.
2. Close the window, and restart the computer.