Re: Save Icons on Favorites List

From: Ramesh [MVP] (ramesh_at_nojunkmails.com@mvps.org)
Date: 12/03/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 09:38:40 +0530

If for a single site, you can download the .ico manually.

Visit that site and create a shortcut of it to the Desktop
Right-click the URL shortcut, and Send To > Notepad

Look at the line reading IconFile:

Example:
IconFile=http://www.google.co.in/favicon.ico

Now, type http://www.google.co.in/favicon.ico in the browser window and save the .ico file locally. 

-- 
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
"sandy" <sandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:980CE83B-007E-4242-AD88-52D489CDE186@microsoft.com...
WOW!! Y'all are wonderful. I was pretty sure my icons just recently 
disappeared, so I called XPSP2 support. The "fix" they gave me did not last. 
For your amusement, it was: select the favorite/r click/properties/change 
icon/delete the fav/tools/internetoptions/deletecookies/delete files/close 
browser/open browser/go back to the site/readd!! I'm too embarrassed to tell 
you how many times I did that.
Thank you all.Really
sandy
"Randy" wrote:
> Jim Byrd wrote:
> > Hi Old Bob - 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
> >
> > You can also try FavIoncizer, here:
> > http://www.codeproject.com/tools/faviconizer.asp?target=favicons
> > I've used this and it's quite good,.  It will actually find about a
> > third more than FavOrg does (since it checks for referenced URL's),
> > but lacks some of the other cababilites of FavOrg,  Recommended.
> >
> > A third alternative is AM-Deadlink, free, here:
> > http://www.aignes.com/products.htm  "AM-DeadLink detects dead links
> > and duplicates in your Browser Bookmarks. If a Bookmark has become
> > unavailable you can delete it from your Browser. AM-Deadlink checks
> > Bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla and Netscape.
> > Additionally you can download FavIcons for Internet Explorer and
> > Opera."  Recommended
> >
> >
> >
> > In news:B68D810F-ED08-45DE-9D84-8E846ADBC9A6@microsoft.com,
> > Old Bob <Old Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> >> When you save a site in your "favorites" sometimes it is saved with a
> >> special Icon representing that site.   I used to go into my explorer
> >> and find that favicon in the Temp internet files and be able to save
> >> it permanently and associate it with the favorite listing so it did
> >> not disappear when I cleaned out my temp files.   With XP, I cannot
> >> find where those are saved.  Can anyone help?
> 
> Jim, you might want to try your links to Favorg. Only one of the four works. 
> 
> 
>

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