Create custom tiles for Windows 8 Metro Screen (Start menu) - OblyTile

You too started finding ugly the icons in the Metro menu which come when you install new application? Well don't worry anymore - OblyTile is the solution to this problem.

Screenshot from the app

With OblyTile you can make beautiful Metro tiles which will fit your Metro theme nicely. You just link a shortcut with an image which is 300x300 in size, and you got yourself a beautiful looking tile.

This is my unfinished Metro screen, and I like it how it looks so far.

(Click to make the image bigger)

I'm planning to finish all the icons first, and release a package with all the tile pictures.

Different resolution in .NET System.Windows.SystemParameters.PrimaryScreenWidth

If you are getting different resolution on .NET's

System.Windows.SystemParameters.PrimaryScreenWidth

and

System.Windows.SystemParameters.PrimaryScreenHeight

than your current resolution settings, you might wanna check out your viewing settings.

To do so, go to your desktop, right click, and select "Screen resolution".

Then, click on "Make text and other items larger or smaller"

After this, click on the Smaller - 100% radio button.