2015-06-10 18:45 AEST by Arthur Barrett - Windows 8 icons look awful, and also 'shortcuts' are not easy to find in the 'start' menu.

Needs improving...

2015-06-10 18:46 AEST by Arthur Barrett - Created an attachment (id=2810)
screenshot

2015-06-11 11:20 AEST by Arthur Barrett - cvsagent is particularly hard to find on windows 8.1

2015-09-08 13:44 AEST by Arthur Barrett - This MS article has good info on photoshop settings to use for icon creation, and also recommended 
tools to convert photoshop PSD to ICO files:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn742485(v=vs.85).aspx

also see:
http://www.gamani.com/product_icon.htm

2015-09-08 13:48 AEST by Arthur Barrett - Created an attachment (id=2849)
windows 8 icon sizing guide

Also see:
https://www.creativefreedom.co.uk/icon-designers-blog/what-size-are-the-icons-in-a-windows-8-1-tile/