Shortcut icons to internet links changed

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I had to reload windows and now when I create a shortcut on the decktop to an
internet site all of the icons are the Explorer icons. They used to be the
icons of the sites such as Fox news, the MSN butterfly, the Yahoo red Y etc.
What do I need to turn on to get these back? My desktop is BORING!
 
Ed said:
I had to reload windows and now when I create a shortcut on the
decktop to an internet site all of the icons are the Explorer icons.
They used to be the icons of the sites such as Fox news, the MSN
butterfly, the Yahoo red Y etc. What do I need to turn on to get
these back? My desktop is BORING!
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Ed these icons are called Favicons.
This is from an earlier post:
''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
You can also check out this:
http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
 
Thanks for the great answer. Deadlink did the trick and cleaned up some old
dead links for me!
 
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