icons missing

[Guest]

my desktop icons go walkabout,all that i get now is the IE icon

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Your Desktop Icons Are Missing in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330170

 

[Guest]

that site did not help as i have the icons for my computer ,recycle bin etc
and IE icons for other things i have put on desktop,like bank,ebay etc.they
had their own indavidual pics before but now its just the IE icon,thanx

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

The favicons are actually stored in the Temporary Internet Files folder, and
so they are cleared when you empty the TIF. To preserve the favicons, you
need to save the .ico file to a safe location, and then change the icon for
the URL files. There are utilities to automate this process, en-masse.
Follow this post of Alan Edwards, MVP

<quote>

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

</quote>

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

To implement this 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 that, Internet Explorer > View > Source can also be
used to view the favicon location.

 

[Guest]

i have look at links to no avail,i have deleted my pages then reinstalled
them and have got -ebay and a few other icons displayed but still some are
missing that were there before