Favicon Image Problem

[Dennis Marks]

In order to not lose favicons I have been downloading them and then changing
the default icon for the favorite. I have a strange problem with 2 icons.
They are:
en.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico and www.yahoo.com/favicon.ico. The look fine on
the screen. The thumbnails look fine. They look fine in a paint program.
When they display on the link bar they have a black background. Why? I have
no problem with others such as www.versiontracker.com/favicon.ico.

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Dennis

Disclaimer: The above is my opinion. I do not guarantee it. Be sure to back
up any files involved and use at your own risk. Batteries not included. Not
for internal use. Don't run with knives.

 

[Malke]

In order to not lose favicons I have been downloading them and then
changing the default icon for the favorite. I have a strange problem
with 2 icons. They are:
en.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico and www.yahoo.com/favicon.ico. The look
fine on the screen. The thumbnails look fine. They look fine in a
paint program. When they display on the link bar they have a black
background. Why? I have no problem with others such as
www.versiontracker.com/favicon.ico.

Why don't you just use MVP Kelly's Theriot's solution instead of messing
about like that?

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm - FavOrg-restore and save
favourite icons (line 108, right column)

Malke

 

[Dennis Marks]

Why don't you just use MVP Kelly's Theriot's solution instead of messing
about like that?

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm - FavOrg-restore and save
favourite icons (line 108, right column)

Malke
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I do not run scripts unless I know exactly what they are doing.

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Dennis

Disclaimer: The above is my opinion. I do not guarantee it. Be sure to back
up any files involved and use at your own risk. Batteries not included. Not
for internal use. Don't run with knives.

 

[Dennis Marks]

Problem solved. The 2 favicons were BMP files rather than ICO.


--
Dennis

Disclaimer: The above is my opinion. I do not guarantee it. Be sure to back
up any files involved and use at your own risk. Batteries not included. Not
for internal use. Don't run with knives.

 

[MAP]

I do not run scripts unless I know exactly what they are doing.

If you open the scripts from Kelly's site with notepad you will see exactly
what it is going to do.