Yes, thanks Don, it does work. I was trying to change the shortcut instead
of replacing it with a conventional shortcut.
| On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:36:33 GMT, "Stickems." <
[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >Changing the icon size didn't help. Changing the shortcut URL as you
| >describe also didn't help.
|
| I know changing the size does not always work. The shortcut should be
| changed to a conventional shortcut. I may have explained it poorly.
| Make a conventional short cut to "iexpore.exe" and then add the URL
| and you can assign this any icon you want that is on your hard drive.
|
| I am sure this will work for you. Just less convenient.
| Don
|
| >| >| On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:21:55 GMT, "Stickems." <
[email protected]>
| >| wrote:
| >|
| >| >1) IE7 has changed my icons in my shortcuts (to web sites) on my
desktop
| >to
| >| >the IE7 icon and won't allow me to change them back to my preferred
| >icons.
| >| >Does anyone have a work around for this piece of bad systems design.
| >|
| >| Sucks doesn't it! There's been lots of talk about this. Changing
| >| your icon size MIGHT help. What I did is make shortcuts like:
| >| "C:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe"
http://www.porn.com
| >|
| >| The quotes are probably essential. Sucks not being able to drag the
| >| url of the browser bar, but this way you CAN assign any icon you want.
| >| If the icon is provided by the website find the "favicon" in
| >| "temporary internet files," rename and save the "favicons" to a
| >| folder so they are always available for the shortcuts.
| >|
| >| Don in Austin
| >|
| >| >2) There is no way to save my tabbed pages so that they open each time
I
| >| >start IE7 without me checking an option in a dialogue box every time I
| >close
| >| >IE7.
| >|
| >| Sorry, no help here!
| >|
| >| >
| >| >
| >|
| >
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