How to capture an icon

[PT]

Is there an easy way to capture the icon for a given web site?

I visit certain websites regularly. I've set up quick launch shortcuts for
them with either a generic IE 7 or an ugly nondescript icon. But I'd like
to use a specific icon for the site. Certain websites have produced
proprietary icons, many of which are available through Favorg. I'm
wondering if there's a way to "hijack" the icon for a site while viewing it
in IE7 (assuming such an icon exists).

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Did you leave out any newsgroups? Not really an Outlook Express question.

You can grab a Favorite from your list and drag it to the Quick Launch
Toolbar. An icon will appear, but not perhaps what you want. You can right
click on the Icon | Properties | Change Icon, but you will only have the
choices that are available.

 

[Leonard Grey]

Look in Temporary Internet Files.

In future, post to one newsgroup only.

 

[rob^_^]

or

type in IE's address bar

http://www.somewebsite.com/favicon.ico (replace somewebsite with the actual
web site name)

This will open the site's favorite icon (if they have one), then you can
right click on the image and select Save from the context menu.

Check out this animated favicon....

http://www.thegreendirectory.com.au/favicon.ico

Fortunately animated favicons do not animate on the Windows desktop when
saved with an internet shortcut.

Regards.

 

[Gary Brandenburg]

Is there an easy way to capture the icon for a given web site?

I visit certain websites regularly. I've set up quick launch shortcuts for them
with either a generic IE 7 or an ugly nondescript icon. But I'd like to use a
specific icon for the site. Certain websites have produced proprietary icons, many
of which are available through Favorg. I'm wondering if there's a way to "hijack"
the icon for a site while viewing it in IE7 (assuming such an icon exists).

If the site contains its own embedded favicon, then a simple right click of the icon
on the address bar & drag to the Quicklaunch Bar-then "create shortcuts here", will
use that particular icon(example-the Y! on Yahoo!)
You can also create a "favicons" folder somewhere, such as in My Documents for
*storing* the collection of embedded icons & check your temporary internet files(view
files) & *copy* them, 1 at a time,though, into that favicons folder. You will have to
rename them as you add them there, as 99% of them will be labeled *favicon.ico* & it
will be constantly asking for overwrite confirmations-just be sure to rename the
favicon portion of the name, leaving the .ico extension. Then, whenever a site uses
the generic "E" icon, you can right click/properties/change icon & "browse" to your
favicons folder to pick a more suitable icon for that shortcut.
I know that this is a crude way of achieving what you're wanting, but you'll find
some interesting favicons to "hijack" & you may have fun in the process.
There's a freeware program called "Icons Extract" that searches your system files for
icons to add to your "collection".
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iconsext.html

~Gary

 

[Script]

Open "Temporary Internet Files", after visiting the websites you want icons
for.
Copy a "Favicon" to, say, My Documents folder.
Go to My Documents. Rename the *.ico. [ i.e. - to it's site-name, or a
description]
Right click the quick launch icon and choose "Properties".
Click the "Change Icon..." button at the bottom of the Shortcut tab.
Click the "Browse..." button; browse to My Documents.
Select your icon. {OK. Apply. OK}
Repeat for each shortcut.

 

[rob^_^]

Good tip Gary, Thx.

If the site contains its own embedded favicon, then a simple right click
of the icon on the address bar & drag to the Quicklaunch Bar-then "create
shortcuts here", will use that particular icon(example-the Y! on Yahoo!)
You can also create a "favicons" folder somewhere, such as in My
Documents for *storing* the collection of embedded icons & check your
temporary internet files(view files) & *copy* them, 1 at a time,though,
into that favicons folder. You will have to rename them as you add them
there, as 99% of them will be labeled *favicon.ico* & it will be
constantly asking for overwrite confirmations-just be sure to rename the
favicon portion of the name, leaving the .ico extension. Then, whenever a
site uses the generic "E" icon, you can right click/properties/change icon
& "browse" to your favicons folder to pick a more suitable icon for that
shortcut.
I know that this is a crude way of achieving what you're wanting, but
you'll find some interesting favicons to "hijack" & you may have fun in
the process.
There's a freeware program called "Icons Extract" that searches your
system files for icons to add to your "collection".
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iconsext.html

~Gary

 

[Gary Brandenburg]

You're welcome "rob^_^"
I guess I'm a bit of an icon obsessive-
I have gone so far as to replace *all* of my icons on my start menu (I know that
there is a download that will do this), as well as all the icons in my program files
too, with their own icons.
It takes a lot of "change icon/browse/OK" but I can identify the program much easier
with a visual marker, without even having to read the file name.It also makes for a
different looking start menu, instead of 3 rows identical *generic* markers.

~Gary

 

[David B.]

Or at least only the one or two that are relevant to the question.

 

[Jan walton]

thanks!

or

type in IE's address bar

http://www.somewebsite.com/favicon.ico (replace somewebsite with the
actual web site name)

This will open the site's favorite icon (if they have one), then you can
right click on the image and select Save from the context menu.

Check out this animated favicon....

http://www.thegreendirectory.com.au/favicon.ico

Fortunately animated favicons do not animate on the Windows desktop when
saved with an internet shortcut.

Regards.