Re: Little icons on Favories list: Where do they come from?
From: LuckyStrike (LS_at_smokedamagedfurniture.youcandriveitawaytoday.com)
Date: 08/03/04
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Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 15:30:14 -0600
Use a program like Favorg or Faviconizer to "maintain" the favicons. This
site offers Favorg1.4 as freeware without the need to subscribe to PC
magazine utilities. However, I *do* subscribe, and feel it is a decent deal
for access to ~ 300 utilities for $19.95. At any rate, the link below offers
the same exact file right down to the Byte size for free.
Favorg1.4
http://www.gratilog.net/internet2.htm
Faviconizer
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/faviconizer.asp
My choice -having used apps such as those I mentioned - is to not use them,
but rather *COPY* a favicon from the TIF's into a folder cleverly called
"Icons" <s> which I keep in my C Drive. Then when a site has a favicon I
simply COPY it to that folder and re-name it whatever I want. *Never cut the
icon from the TIF's* - you will corrupt the Index.dat file. Thereafter it is
a relatively simple process: R-Click IE Icon>Properties>change icon>Browse
to folder>select icon of choice>OK>Apply>OK out. They will never be lost
again, even if one uses TweakUI or SysiconCleaner, or renews the
ShelliconCache.
Use Find>Files and folders favicon (or sometimes "wildcard" *.ico in
the TIFs/ Content.IE5 folder) to find them rapidly.
For your Yahoo icon see here if reloading a series of Yahoo pages does not
create a new Favicon for Yahoo.
http://images.google.com/images?q=yahoo+icon&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=G&imgsz=icon
Then using a photo editor such as IrfanView (for instance) which is
freeware, save and resize the icon to 32 x 32 pixels as an .ico file. Place
it in your newly created Icon folder and follow the aforementioned process
to create long lasting (read permanent) icons that do not disappear like a
scent in the wind. :-)
-- LuckyStrike LS@smokedamagedfurniture.youcandriveitawaytoday.com How to make a good newsgroup post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ "Clueless in Seattle" <spamless_in_seattle@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:d2a0907e.0408030823.e6e9628@posting.google.com... > I have a link to Yahoo! on my IE6 Favorites list. > > When I created the link it appeared with a distinctinve red uppercase > "Y" icon in the left column of the list. This bright red "Y" made it > easy to spot the Yahoo! link. > > But a few weeks ago the red "Y" disappeared and now I only see the > ubiquitous blue lowercase "e" superimposed over a white "page" icon > with the upper rignt corner turned down. > > Where did that red "Y" come from, and, more to the point, how can I > get it back?
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