Why does IE replace distinctive website icons?

[Lew]

When I add a new site to my favorites menu, it often
displays a distinctive icon chosen by the website. But
then the next time I open IE, the distinctive icon has
been replaced by the generic IE icon. Why does this
happen, and is there any way to prevent it?

 

[anonymous]

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Known as favicons or Favorite Icons...
When you clear the Internet Temp files
the favicons are cleared.

These FREE programs save the icons
in a different folder and fixes your
favorites with the favicon icons.
----search in this site---------
http://catalogs.google.com/microsoft.html
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FAVORG
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,9883,00.asp
------or----------
FAVICONIZER
http://codeproject.com/tools/faviconizer.asp
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U.S. Flag shortcut icons
http://www.patrioticon.org/index.html
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MS Internet Explorer 5 favicon bug
http://www.magnux.org/~flaviovs/sec/favicon/
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save site as favorite
go to internet temp file
--tools
--internet options
--general tab
--settings button
--view files... button
(save this directory as favorite)
find favicon.ico
right-click copy favicon.ico

go to c:WINDOWS/system32
create new folder (ex: 1_icons)
open new folder
right-click paste
favicon[1].ico appears
rename this new .ico (ex: sitename.com.ico)
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[anonymous]

warning... don't do the second part of message.
it is wrong....


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-----Original Message-----
========================================
Known as favicons or Favorite Icons...
When you clear the Internet Temp files
the favicons are cleared.

These FREE programs save the icons
in a different folder and fixes your
favorites with the favicon icons.
----search in this site---------
http://catalogs.google.com/microsoft.html
--------------------------------
FAVORG
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,9883,00.asp
------or----------
FAVICONIZER
http://codeproject.com/tools/faviconizer.asp
-----------------------------------
U.S. Flag shortcut icons
http://www.patrioticon.org/index.html
-------------------------------------
MS Internet Explorer 5 favicon bug
http://www.magnux.org/~flaviovs/sec/favicon/
===============================================
save site as favorite
go to internet temp file
--tools
--internet options
--general tab
--settings button
--view files... button
(save this directory as favorite)
find favicon.ico
right-click copy favicon.ico

go to c:WINDOWS/system32
create new folder (ex: 1_icons)
open new folder
right-click paste
favicon[1].ico appears
rename this new .ico (ex: sitename.com.ico)
===============================

-----Original Message-----
When I add a new site to my favorites menu, it often
displays a distinctive icon chosen by the website. But
then the next time I open IE, the distinctive icon has
been replaced by the generic IE icon. Why does this
happen, and is there any way to prevent it?
.

.

 

[Guest]

When I add a new site to my favorites menu, it often
displays a distinctive icon chosen by the website. But
then the next time I open IE, the distinctive icon has
been replaced by the generic IE icon. Why does this
happen, and is there any way to prevent it?

Its a design bug in IE. Those "distinctive icons" (known as Favicons) are
stored in the browser cache (TIF), which by definition, is only a temporary
storage area.

To make them permanent, perform the following:
* Manually clear TIF (Tools > Internet Options > Delete Files...)
* Save page as favorite (Favicon is only downloaded during this step)
* Open 2 windows side by side -- the TIF view from within IE, and
a Windows Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer) window, set to the
folder/directory you wish to store the Favicons in.
* Drag-n-drop favicon.ico from TIF to the Explorer folder
* Rt-click on the Favorite, click Properties, then Web Document
* Invoke "Change Icon..." dialog and set to the .ico file you just dragged
* Repeat for each site