Icon link keeps disappearing

[Guest]

When I go to a web site and drag the site's icon onto the link bar I
sometimes get a nice icon unique to that web site. Then, after a few days it
disappears and I get the generic blue "e" on piece of paper backgroud.
I think they disappear because I clear out the temporary internet files. Is
there anyway to keep them when I delet the other temp internet files (if this
is the problem?)

ID

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Irving,

From Alan Edwards:

Favicons are only temporary until cleared from your cache.
To make them permanent:
FavOrg-PCMag: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1558477,00.asp

or

The Code Project - FavIconizer:
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/faviconizer.asp

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


message When I go to a web site and drag the site's icon onto the link bar I
sometimes get a nice icon unique to that web site. Then, after a few days
it
disappears and I get the generic blue "e" on piece of paper backgroud.
I think they disappear because I clear out the temporary internet files. Is
there anyway to keep them when I delet the other temp internet files (if
this
is the problem?)

ID

 

[Guest]

It is a Microsoft design oversight. The icons
(called 'favicons') are stored
in the cache (TIF), so they are thus temporary.

To make them permanent, perform the following:
* Manually clear TIF
* Save page as favorite (Favicon is only downloded during
this step)
* Open 2 windows side by side -- the TIF view from within
IE, and
a Windows Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer) window, set
to the
folder/directory you wish to store the Favicons in.(I
made a folder in my C:windows file called Icons)
* Drag-n-drop favicon.ico from TIF to the Explorer folder
* Rt-click on the Favorite, click Properties, then Web
Document
* Invoke "Change Icon..." dialog and set to the .ico file
you just dragged
* Repeat for each site