Some improvements

[leap0x7b]

1. In system drive, use an aliased straight logo with the same colors in unknown file type icon
2. In unknown file type icon, alias the Windows logo in >64x64 icons and use the actual icons extracted from Windows 98 for <64x64 icons.
3. Create high quality versions of application-x-msdownload and use a relative version of the Windows logo in 64x64 icon

[nestoris]

Thank you for issue.
Actually I do not want to make 100% retro theme. And now I have not enough time for maintenance.
My task was to achieve the main goal that Win98 icons pursue - a crisp, clear look with sharp enough edges that there is no feeling of bad eyesight (as I see it in XP style). But all this should be done while maintaining the composition and aesthetics.

1. I tried to do this, but it didn’t work out beautifully. Can you make it?
2. I can try, but I'm not sure if I have enough time to work with the theme now.
3. Oh yes! I'd like someone to draw the big gears for this icon, and the same for application-x-object and application-x-sharedlib. But, unfortunately, now I'm not up to it.

[malekmasoud]

Here I come with the following...

System Drive (16px-256px)

Windows File/Unknown File Type (16px-256px)

...and as a bonus, here is Windows Logo/Start Here (72px-256px)

[nestoris]

Wow! Malekmasoud, can you make the roundness of the Windows logo a bit smoother in some places on some icons (smooth the unsmoothnesses as in 160px and 192px Start button logo)?
I'll probably try to include these icons as an add-on with the installation script (by searching and renaming png files of these icons as there is with some Win2K styled icons) for those who like sharp edges. I have a job in my main profession now, and very little time for the computer, and my beloved wife is very glad that I stopped loafing and doing these "stupid" icons :)
P.S. You may do a Pull request! Rename the sharp icons with postfix "_sharp" and hardlink the existing originals with the same name and postfix "_smooth" or "_unsharp" as you wish. And then I will make two scripts (install & uninstall) and do a commit.

[malekmasoud]

Another delivery has arrived and it comes in the form of the following...

Windows Update (64px-128px)

[nestoris]

malekmasoud, I would add everything at once, but there should be no traces of scaling on the sharp edges. The logo for the "start" button 72x72 is OK! Here's what I had in mind when I said about the smoothness of the edges (comparison):

And so, I'll try, as soon as I have time, to correct and add everything. But, if you yourself will remove the scaling artifacts from the edges, we will do it much faster ;-)

[nestoris]

Well, OK. Finally I added two sharp icons: application-octet-stream and drive-harddisk-system. They can be toggled (sharp/smooth) by running sharp_icons.awk and smooth_icons.awk scripts. I tested, they work. For more details look here.