IE Icon in Favorites

[A E]

When I save a site in my favorites, Windows does not automatically use IE
icon. Instead Windows uses the site's icon. I can change the icon manually
to IE icon but I can't change it back to the site's icon. Is there any
setting I can use to make this change. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[Alan Edwards]

You can delete the favorite and reset it.

Favicons are only temporary until cleared from your cache.
To make them permanent:
FavOrg-PCMag: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1558477,00.asp

or

The Code Project - FavIconizer:
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/faviconizer.asp

.....Alan

 

[A E]

Thanks, I cleared the cache and went back to favorites and still have the
different web sites icons. I just wanted to have the typical IE big e to be
the default icon for favorites.

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Maybe this? -> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/htmicon.htm
"Incorrect or generic Windows icon displayed for HTM and HTML files".

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

[Viktor Krammer]

Hello,

I am afraid you have to manually reset the icon to the default IE icon in
your favorites folder each time you add a new link.

Viktor

 

[A E]

The Command line regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll worked for a lot of sites. Not all of them. Now, I wish there is a way to keep the sites' icon if I want to. Thanks for your help.

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Form http://windowsxp.mvps.org/htmicon.htm

This article assumes that the DefaultIcon for htm / html files are set correctly, but the problem still persists. To verify the Default icon for this filetype, you can check in Control Panel - Folder Options - File types dialog. To quickly set the DefaultIcon string for html files, type this command in Start, Run dialog:
regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll

If that does not help, you may need to remove the IconHandler set for htmlfiles by a third-party application. Follow the steps below:

a.. Start Regedit.exe and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ htmlfile \ ShellEx \ IconHandler

a.. Backup the key. See Method 2 here
b.. Delete the IconHandler key from the registry.
c.. Close Regedit
d.. Open Internet Explorer
e.. From Tools menu, choose Internet Options
f.. Select the Programs tab.
g.. Click Reset Web Settings button and complete the process.
If the problem is seen for .mht (MHTML Document) files, backup and delete this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ mhtmlfile \ ShellEx \ IconHandler


--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups


"A E" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio The Command line regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll worked for a lot of sites. Not all of them. Now, I wish there is a way to keep the sites' icon if I want to. Thanks for your help.

 

[A E]

Thank you very much.
Form http://windowsxp.mvps.org/htmicon.htm

This article assumes that the DefaultIcon for htm / html files are set correctly, but the problem still persists. To verify the Default icon for this filetype, you can check in Control Panel - Folder Options - File types dialog. To quickly set the DefaultIcon string for html files, type this command in Start, Run dialog:
regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll

If that does not help, you may need to remove the IconHandler set for htmlfiles by a third-party application. Follow the steps below:

a.. Start Regedit.exe and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ htmlfile \ ShellEx \ IconHandler

a.. Backup the key. See Method 2 here
b.. Delete the IconHandler key from the registry.
c.. Close Regedit
d.. Open Internet Explorer
e.. From Tools menu, choose Internet Options
f.. Select the Programs tab.
g.. Click Reset Web Settings button and complete the process.
If the problem is seen for .mht (MHTML Document) files, backup and delete this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ mhtmlfile \ ShellEx \ IconHandler


--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups


"A E" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio The Command line regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll worked for a lot of sites. Not all of them. Now, I wish there is a way to keep the sites' icon if I want to. Thanks for your help.

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

YW. Glad to help and thank you for the feedback.

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/
"A E" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio Thank you very much.
Form http://windowsxp.mvps.org/htmicon.htm

This article assumes that the DefaultIcon for htm / html files are set correctly, but the problem still persists. To verify the Default icon for this filetype, you can check in Control Panel - Folder Options - File types dialog. To quickly set the DefaultIcon string for html files, type this command in Start, Run dialog:
regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll

If that does not help, you may need to remove the IconHandler set for htmlfiles by a third-party application. Follow the steps below:

a.. Start Regedit.exe and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ htmlfile \ ShellEx \ IconHandler

a.. Backup the key. See Method 2 here
b.. Delete the IconHandler key from the registry.
c.. Close Regedit
d.. Open Internet Explorer
e.. From Tools menu, choose Internet Options
f.. Select the Programs tab.
g.. Click Reset Web Settings button and complete the process.
If the problem is seen for .mht (MHTML Document) files, backup and delete this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ mhtmlfile \ ShellEx \ IconHandler


--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer 2003/2004/2005
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups


"A E" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio The Command line regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll worked for a lot of sites. Not all of them. Now, I wish there is a way to keep the sites' icon if I want to. Thanks for your help.