How can I tell Google Chrome to use the larger icon for application shortcuts?
I have found wordaround for this. Not a very convincing one though. Websites like Gmail, Google Search, Google Drive etc can be added as apps (they are just shortcuts/links) from Chrome web store. (Some of them come by default with Google Chrome installation)
Install chrome launcher from here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/launcherOpen chrome launcher from your windows taskbar. Select the website shortcut/app and drag it to taskbar. Now you have a higher resolution icon.
Simply put this HTML in your webpage:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">This will tell Chrome that it should use the entire file as is instead of converting 16x16 to bigger sizes.