Still happening in (almost) 2021. Seems like Windows 10 scaling problem.

引用自 miroslav.houdek：

Still happening in (almost) 2021. Seems like Windows 10 scaling problem.

It always has been, which is why Steam can't help with this problem.

Well i cant promish this will work, and later give issue then ypu forgot it and then steam fix or update it.

locate steam.exe , try turn off HIGH DPI or let app controll it, this is seen before with games and fix such , but how will it work with steam i cant say, because i dont have 4k yet.

but i do have seen High DPI on Main pc give issue with older games , so i know it work then, but if this tweak work with steam is another matter maybe.

you could say problem is then app is not build for it and Graphic card is.
and as you get it now what then steam fix it give new issue if you did not set right option and let app controll it. ( whats the old saying make 3M postit, on monitor so you never forget it. )
besure such option dont fall off i dont care if you make a pocket with not so it wont drop off , its simple just a heads up, never forget you do such. well gl with it. if you even need it in the first place.

I've just stopped using desktop icons and only launch things from the steam app itself. Just as well since I share the PC with my partner (and we share our libraries) so neither of us use auto-login.

This is probably a combination of the quality the icons are and Windows scaling options. I do not know whether the icons are automatically generated when a developer submits their game to Steam or the developer is responsible to make them. Either way this is happening because they're not 4k quality. One thing you can try to correct it is right-click on the steam.exe > properties > compatibility > change high DPI settings (button at bottom of compatibility tab) and either run the troubleshooter or play with the settings to see if there's a combination of the settings that corrects it. The settings I think might be most likely to correct it is checking the check box at the bottom and letting the application handle the scaling.

Another option is to opt in to the beta version of the client and report this issue (search the beta forums first, the beta discussions are on the Steam Beta Group page).

Chances are they're not going to fix this. There are truly only very few things that actually run in 4k. Using 4k settings really doesn't do much other than make everything tiny. Changing resolution doesn't change image quality, image quality is and stays as whatever quality the images was created to be. That's why they're screwing up when you choose 4k settings: the icon images not 4k so they can't run in 4k.

A third option is editing the icon graphics yourself to make them 4k.

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try increasing MAX ICON CACHE:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/125988-change-icon-cache-size-windows.html

This issue has plagued me for a long time now. Steam icons are fine at 1080p, but switching to 4k makes many icons blank. I finally figured what work for me in Win11. I use Stardock’s Fences and have separate desktop pages for all my categories of games. Probably a good 50+ Steam shortcuts. I would have many blank icons after a reinstall of Windows for example.

The only fix that has worked for me is to increase the Icon Cache to 4mb using a registry edit I found online and well as to rebuild the Icon Cache using a bat file I found online. Both can be done manually as well. I then go through each Shortcut and point at the icon (ico file) once again. I downloaded icons form https://steamdb.info

Importantly, I must change the name of the ico file before I select the ico file, as leaving the file the same name will result in the icon remaining blank.

Hope this helps someone. Hours and hours I have gone though to solve this sh*t problem! Vavle should correct this.

This failed!

I have found something that worked though. Instead of making shortcuts using Steam, I have instead made shortcuts manually using the game ID. First make a shortcut to the Steam.exe program itself, then use the -applaunch switch as shown below. I then point the shortcut to a icon I have downloaded or the game exe file. F me! Steam needs to fix this!

Ex shortcut using game ID
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -applaunch 527100

引用自 104th_Crunch：

This issue has plagued me for a long time now. Steam icons are fine at 1080p, but switching to 4k makes many icons blank. I finally figured what work for me in Win11. I use Stardock’s Fences and have separate desktop pages for all my categories of games. Probably a good 50+ Steam shortcuts. I would have many blank icons after a reinstall of Windows for example.

The only fix that has worked for me is to increase the Icon Cache to 4mb using a registry edit I found online and well as to rebuild the Icon Cache using a bat file I found online. Both can be done manually as well. I then go through each Shortcut and point at the icon (ico file) once again. I downloaded icons form https://steamdb.info

Importantly, I must change the name of the ico file before I select the ico file, as leaving the file the same name will result in the icon remaining blank.

Hope this helps someone. Hours and hours I have gone though to solve this sh*t problem! Vavle should correct this.

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