icons on URL shortcuts

[Guest]

On Windows XP, if a website has it's own logo, such as www.nab.com.au,
creating a desktop shortcut gave you the website's icon for the shortcut. On
Vista, we only get IE7's icon on the shortcut. When you have several url
shortcuts with the same icon it is a nuisance. How can I get the website
icon on the shortcut?

 

[dean-dean]

If the favicon for www.nab.com.au shows up in your IE Favorites pane, but
not when you have the shortcut on your Desktop, it's because the favicon
file used for the shortcut doesn't support the size you have set for your
Desktop icons. Reducing the Desktop icon size will probably show the
favicon, rather than the IE icon. To check to see whether or not the
favicon is in play at all, right-click the shortcut on your Desktop, and
choose Properties, and see what icon it shows.

 

[dean-dean]

You may want to try putting your often-used web shortcuts in the Links
folder under your Favorites folder. Then right-click your Desktop Taskbar,
and choose Toolbars > Links. The Links Toolbar should show the favicon in
your Taskbar. Shortcuts in the Links folder can also be seen in IE's
Toolbar, by right-clicking an empty spot in IE's Toolbar, and checking
Links.