Favicons Dissapearing After Bookmarked?

[Bill]

On IE6 in a Win98SE computer, it seems that a bookmark's favicon icon
disappears sometime after I bookmark it. I'll drag a bookmark to the link
bar, & I'll see the new bookmark and it's nice little associated icon. But
sometime later, after a reboot, or restart of IE6, the bookmark will still
be there but the nice little icon will revert to the IE default (white
document with the blue 'e'). I can delete the bookmark & then bookmark it
all over again, and get the icon, but then I'll lose the icon again.

This happens with *everything* I bookmark.

Any ideas how I can stop this from happening?

Thanks!

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

On IE6 in a Win98SE computer, it seems that a bookmark's favicon icon
disappears sometime after I bookmark it. I'll drag a bookmark to the link
bar, & I'll see the new bookmark and it's nice little associated icon. But
sometime later, after a reboot, or restart of IE6, the bookmark will still
be there but the nice little icon will revert to the IE default (white
document with the blue 'e'). I can delete the bookmark & then bookmark it
all over again, and get the icon, but then I'll lose the icon again.

This happens with *everything* I bookmark.

Any ideas how I can stop this from happening?

The icons are stored in your browser cache and are deleted when you empty
the cache. You need a program such as FavOrg to maintain them.

 

[PA Bear]

See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q132668

MVP Bill James' 'Increase Icon Cache Size' fix at
http://www.billsway.com/vbspage/

 

[Jeanne Hedge]

On IE6 in a Win98SE computer, it seems that a bookmark's favicon icon
disappears sometime after I bookmark it. I'll drag a bookmark to the link
bar, & I'll see the new bookmark and it's nice little associated icon. But
sometime later, after a reboot, or restart of IE6, the bookmark will still
be there but the nice little icon will revert to the IE default (white
document with the blue 'e'). I can delete the bookmark & then bookmark it
all over again, and get the icon, but then I'll lose the icon again.

This happens with *everything* I bookmark.

Any ideas how I can stop this from happening?

I don't know why it's happening, but it's also happening to me on IE6
using WinXP Pro.





Jeanne Hedge

============
http://www.jhedge.com

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

They are not permanent and are stored in your temporary Internet files
folder.
If your Temporary Internet Files folder is deleled, your favicons will be
lost.

Tom
| On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:26:58 -0500, "Bill" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >On IE6 in a Win98SE computer, it seems that a bookmark's favicon icon
| >disappears sometime after I bookmark it. I'll drag a bookmark to the link
| >bar, & I'll see the new bookmark and it's nice little associated icon.
But
| >sometime later, after a reboot, or restart of IE6, the bookmark will
still
| >be there but the nice little icon will revert to the IE default (white
| >document with the blue 'e'). I can delete the bookmark & then bookmark it
| >all over again, and get the icon, but then I'll lose the icon again.
| >
| >This happens with *everything* I bookmark.
| >
| >Any ideas how I can stop this from happening?
|
| I don't know why it's happening, but it's also happening to me on IE6
| using WinXP Pro.
|
|
|
|
|
| Jeanne Hedge
|
| ============
| http://www.jhedge.com

 

[Eric McG]

Favicons are not native to Internet Explorer.

They are usually lost when you delete your Temporary Internet Files.

The easiest method to retain these is to install a 3rd party utility that will
store and maintain these in your system.

One excellent utility is called FavOrg. It used to be freeware from PC MAG, but
now requires a yearly subscription to download from them. You can read about it
here:

PC Magazine's FavOrg v1.2
http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%3D400%26a%3D4751,00.asp

There are other free download sources on the web. Here are a few:

FavOrg v1.4
http://www.gratilog.net/anglais/internet/favorg.zip

FavOrg - Restore and Save Favorite Icons (Line 108)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm