Losing Icon Images

[Sage - John Leonard]

What is happening:

I change the image to what I want. However, another image appears when I
accept it.
I change to another and different image and it accepts the image
When I click on the Icon, open the URL and then close it, it reverts back to
the Internet E image with a White background?

Re-booting does not change it back, when I have the Internet E image??

any help

thx

 

[John Wunderlich]

What is happening:

I change the image to what I want. However, another image appears
when I accept it.
I change to another and different image and it accepts the image
When I click on the Icon, open the URL and then close it, it
reverts back to the Internet E image with a White background?

Re-booting does not change it back, when I have the Internet E
image??

any help

thx

The Icon Cache could be contaminated.
Try rebuilding the Icon Cache.
To do this:

o Right-Click Desktop -> Properties -> Appearance Tab -> Advanced
o In the "Item" window, select "Icon" and then change the Size to one
bigger and click "OK". Then click "Apply". Your Icon cache will then
be refreshed.
o Repeat the last step, changing the Icon Size back to the original
size then "OK" your way out of the windows.

HTH,
John

 

[Sage - John Leonard]

thx

The Icon Cache could be contaminated.
Try rebuilding the Icon Cache.
To do this:

o Right-Click Desktop -> Properties -> Appearance Tab -> Advanced
o In the "Item" window, select "Icon" and then change the Size to one
bigger and click "OK". Then click "Apply". Your Icon cache will then
be refreshed.
o Repeat the last step, changing the Icon Size back to the original
size then "OK" your way out of the windows.

HTH,
John

 

[Sage - John Leonard]

I tried this and it did not do anything.

Any other thoughts?

thx

 

[John Wunderlich]

I tried this and it did not do anything.

Any other thoughts?

Sorry, out of ideas.
-- John

 

[ju.c]

I don't understand what you are doing.

Are you talking about IE Favorites?

Is the favorite on your Desktop and you're right-clicking, Properties, Change Icon?


ju.c

 

[Sage - John Leonard]

Yes - that is what I am doing - right-clicking, Properties, Change Icon?
..

I sent the Icon to my desktop, from Favorites.
That was a good image of the downloaded URL.
Then all of a sudden , the Icon changed automatically to the Internet blue
letter "E" Icon - like IE 7.0.

I am trying to change it back to the original or even another Icon and it
still stays on the Internet blue letter "E" Icon - like IE 7.0. - no luck?

 

[Elmo]

Yes - that is what I am doing - right-clicking, Properties, Change Icon?
.

I sent the Icon to my desktop, from Favorites.
That was a good image of the downloaded URL.
Then all of a sudden , the Icon changed automatically to the Internet
blue letter "E" Icon - like IE 7.0.

I am trying to change it back to the original or even another Icon and
it still stays on the Internet blue letter "E" Icon - like IE 7.0. - no
luck?

I don't think you can do that; the icon is to the program associated
with loading url and htm documents, which is IE on your system. You can
do it this way:

Create a few shortcuts to your browser on your Desktop, or Quick Launch
bar, then edit the shortcuts:

1. Change the "Target:" to:

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" http://lpga.com

(as an example site. Actually, you'd enter your URL here.)

2. Open the Properties of the shortcut and change the icon.

Hope this helps,

 

[ju.c]

A Favicon is stored in the Favorite's alternate data stream. You cannot see it, but in IE.

Just follow these instructions.

To show the icon for an IE shortcut:

1. Download and install AM-DeadLink.
2. Open AM-DeadLink, choose a link and download its Favicon.
3. Close AM-DeadLink.
2. Right-click the shortcut on your Desktop, select Properties
and click the "Change Icon..." button. Browse to:
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\FavIcons
or wherever AM-DeadLink saved the Favicons to, select the Favicon.


AM-DeadLink 3.3 1.3 MB
Info: http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
Download: http://www.aignes.com/download/dlsetup.exe
Mirror: http://www.aignes.com/download2/dlsetup.exe

quote/
AM-DeadLink detects dead links and duplicates in
browser bookmarks and text files. If a bookmark has
become unavailable you can verify and delete it
permanently.
Additionally you can download FavIcons for all your
Favorites and Bookmarks.
AM-DeadLink is Freeware!
AM-DeadLink can check the following resources:
Internet Explorer Favorites
Firefox bookmarks
Opera bookmarks
URLs from tab delimited text files
URLs from comma separated text files
AM-DeadLink can download FavIcons for:
Internet Explorer Favorites
Firefox bookmarks
Opera bookmarks
/quote


ju.c

 

[ju.c]

You mat need to convert the FavIcon (16x16) to a normal Windows icon (32x32 or 48x48) so here are
two of the best tools for icons:


IcoFX 1.6.3 1.46 MB Freeware
Info: http://icofx.ro/
Download: http://icofx.ro/files/icofxsetup.exe


IrfanView 4.20 1.25 MB Freeware
Info: http://www.irfanview.com/
Download page:
http://www.download.com/IrfanView/3000-2192-10021962.html?part=dl-IrfanView&subj=dl&tag=button

This should be included with IrfanView by default:

IrfanView ShellExtension 1.02 126 KB Freeware
Info (Very bottom of page): http://www.baxbex.com/products.html
Download: http://www.baxbex.com/files/irfanex.exe


ju.c

 

[ju.c]

Update! I've never changed an IE shortcut icon before but I use AM-Deadlink so I know that it
handles FavIcons and told what I knew.

I was testing something and I needed to find a file from the IE cache, so I opened up the folder and
in it I saw FacIcons! I forgot they were there. You see, when you clear your IE files the cache is
emptied, but FavIcons are still visible because a copy of the FavIcon is stored in the shortcut's
"Alternate Data Stream".

So, while the programs and method I discussed are good, I found a much simpler way.

1. Open "C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
2. Find the FavIcon you want for your shortcut.
(If it's not there go to the site and it will be downloaded into that folder)
3. Copy it to a folder. (For example: \My Documents\My Icons)
4. Now use that icon for your shortcut.

Simple, huh!


ju.c