Curt -
Use a program like Favorg or Faviconizer to "maintain" the favicons. This
site offers Favorg1.4 as freeware.
Favorg1.4
http://www.gratilog.net/internet2.htm
Faviconizer
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/faviconizer.asp
My choice -having used apps such as those I mentioned - is to not use them,
but rather *COPY* a favicon from the TIF's into a folder cleverly called
"Icons" <s> which I keep in my C Drive. Then when a site has a favicon I
simply COPY it to that folder and re-name it whatever I want. *Never cut the
icon from the TIF's* - you will corrupt the Index.dat file. Thereafter it is
a relatively simple process: R-Click IE Icon>Properties>change icon>Browse
to folder>select icon of choice>OK>Apply>OK out. They will never be lost
again, even if one uses TweakUI or SysiconCleaner, or renews the
ShelliconCache.
Use Find>Files and folders favicon (or sometimes "wildcard" *.ico in
the TIFs/ Content.IE5 folder) to find them rapidly.
For any given Icon which you had and is now lost, re-visit the web site.
Sometimes they will re-load the icon, and then keep the new page as a
Favorite or shortcut. You can also do a Google>image>"blah-blah website"
icon search. For instance:
http://images.google.com/images?q=yahoo+icon&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=G&imgsz=icon
Then, using a photo editor such as IrfanView (for instance) which is
freeware, save and resize the icon to 32 x 32 pixels as an .ico file. Place
it in your newly created Icon folder and follow the aforementioned process
to create long lasting (read permanent) icons that do not disappear like a
scent in the wind.
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