Icons changed back ?

[DBL Tap]

I am using XP home will all updates IE6.
This morning when I went to my favorites all the special little icons that
some websites use in place of the standard windows webpage with the e
superimposed over the page were gone and in their place was the standard
icon.

How do I get the special icons back?

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Double Tap

Try the following information and see if it helps:

Here is information on favicons, how they work, how web site authors
use them, etc.
http://www.favicon.com/index.jsp?id=Internet+Explorer

Preserve the favicons using AM-Deadlink
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/favicon.htm

also...

Favicons not showing or lost

Some ISPs and webhosts don't support favicons. Contact yours to find out if
it does. If it doesn't, ask it to start supporting favicons. Most ISPs and
webhosts now support favicons

also..

Courtesy of Jim Byrd -

They sometimes won't show even if you have added them as Favorites. Try
this. Grab the default icon at the left end of the Address Bar and drag it
all the way to the right end of the Address Bar and then release.

also…

Icons are temporarily stored in a file called iconcache.dll, You might try
deleting this file and restart your computer, Windows should automatically
rebuild the iconcache.dll on reboot. Be sure to make a backup copy just in
case. If you don't know where to find the file, run a Search on your
system.
They are in a Hidden folder so you may need to Show Hidden files .

How to Show Hidden Files
http://snipurl.com/6rl8

There is also this free utility:

FavOrg PCMag: To set Favicons (subscription required)
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1558477,00.asp
Favicons are only temporary until cleared from your cache.

You can get free downloads at the links below free:
Version 1.4 here:
http://www.gratilog.net/anglais/internet/favorg.zip
http://wittswallpapers.com/Oldies/favorg.zip
http://www.gratilog.net/anglais/internet/favorg.zip

or Version 1.2 here:
http://members.madasafish.com/~merc/favorg.zip
http://www.dothan.k12.al.us/vault/favorg.zip

This allows you to save them permanently in a different folder and
re-associate your favorites with the stored icons. It also verifies whether
your links in Favorites are stll good, BTW.

If you want to read more about it first, go here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,9883,00.asp

and...

You can also try the steps here:

Courtesy of Ramesh -

To preserve the Favicons manually,

Visit that site and create a shortcut of it to the Desktop
Right-click the URL shortcut, and Send To > Notepad
Look at the line reading IconFile:

Example:
IconFile=http://www.google.co.in/favicon.ico
Now, type http://www.google.co.in/favicon.ico in the browser window and save
the .ico file locally.
Change the URL icon using the "Change Icon" in it's Properties sheet.

Note: View > Source can also be used to view the Favicon URL.

Hope this helps.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
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">I am using XP home will all updates IE6.

 

[MAP]

I am using XP home will all updates IE6.
This morning when I went to my favorites all the special little icons
that some websites use in place of the standard windows webpage with
the e superimposed over the page were gone and in their place was the
standard icon.

How do I get the special icons back?

Those icon are stored in the temp. internet folder,when that is deleted so
are the icons.
try this.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Bookmark-Managers/favorg.shtml

 

[DBL Tap]

Those icon are stored in the temp. internet folder,when that is deleted so
are the icons.
try this.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Bookmark-Managers/favorg.shtml

Mike:
The program worked great
Thanks much

 

[Jan Il]

Hi DBL Tap

Mike:
The program worked great
Thanks much

I'm glad to hear you were able to resolve your problem. Good job!

Thank you very much for posting back and letting us know what worked for
you, and for the benefit of other readers who might have a similar problem.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.