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When someone thinks that there's not much more you can do to customize Windows...think again.
DesktopX 2 will, amongst other things, let you treat your desktop icons as "objects" (rather than requiring that you replace your desktop). It has built in settings for adding shadows, glows, and other effects right to your desktop and allows for setting their sizes for different states all with animation.
This desktop screenshot is using Mormegil's Orion icon suite. I have them set at 72x72 for my desktop and 32x32 everywhere else. And I added a shadow to the icons.
