Lost Icons

[David Friedman]

I keep losing web site icons that appear in My
Favorites. They are a quick and easy way to identify
sites in a long list. Where does Windows store these
icons so I can copy them to a more permanent location? I
assume these icons are stored in a temp folder and they
are purged occasionally.

 

[mac]

I keep losing web site icons that appear in My
Favorites. They are a quick and easy way to identify
sites in a long list. Where does Windows store these
icons so I can copy them to a more permanent location? I
assume these icons are stored in a temp folder and they
are purged occasionally.

These are known as favicons.ico (Favorite Icons) and they
normally will only last until your Internet Explorer Temp files are cleared.

You need to get a program called FavOrg 1.4 here:

http://www.gratilog.net/anglais/internet/favorg.zip
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/files/favorg.zip

or Version 1.2 here:

http://www.liemar.com.br/construindoseusite/downloads/favorg.zip
http://www.themes.myqth.com/Downloads/favorg.zip

(still free at these links) which will allow you to save them permanently
in a different folder and re-associate your favorites with the stored icons.
(It will also verify 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