favicon doesn't work when you AddFavorite for a different url

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rod.thomas

If I use AddFavorite to create a bookmark for another page (or the same
page with a query string) the favicon details don't get written to the
shortcut file and hence the favourites created this way don't show the
icon. Is there a way to fix this?
 
I am not the OP, but I am intersted because I have never been able to get
the favicon to appear

I have a framed site. The frameset is index.html and it opens heading.thml,
sidebar.html and index_main.html.

I added this to all pages:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/display/favicon.ico"
type="image/x-icon"/>

I then saved my page as a favorite. No difference
 
did you also add it to the frameset?
oddly enough for what started as an IE only feature I've found that FF and
others display the icon more reliably and sometimes without it even being
added to the favorites.

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Microsoft MVP-FrontPage

If you make web sites for other people, you should check out ContentSeed:
http://contentseed.com/
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Trevor L. said:
I am not the OP, but I am intersted because I have never been able to get
the favicon to appear

I have a framed site. The frameset is index.html and it opens
heading.thml, sidebar.html and index_main.html.

I added this to all pages:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/display/favicon.ico"
type="image/x-icon"/>

I then saved my page as a favorite. No difference
Click to expand...
 
If you created a link / added to favorites before you created the favicon,
the generic
IE icon will always show.

You need to delete any old links, restart the computer and then add to
favorites.

Even then, you might need to delete the ShellIconCache file and reboot and
then add it to your favorites.


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer



Trevor L. said:
I am not the OP, but I am intersted because I have never been able to get
the favicon to appear

I have a framed site. The frameset is index.html and it opens
heading.thml, sidebar.html and index_main.html.

I added this to all pages:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/display/favicon.ico"
type="image/x-icon"/>

I then saved my page as a favorite. No difference
Click to expand...
 
Chris said:
did you also add it to the frameset?
oddly enough for what started as an IE only feature I've found that
FF and others display the icon more reliably and sometimes without it
even being added to the favorites.
Click to expand...


Thanks, Chris
Yes, I added it to the frameset, and yes FF displays it even when not added
to the favorites !!

I really don't think I am going to worry too much about this. If it doesn't
work (in IE), sobeit
 
Steve said:
If you created a link / added to favorites before you created the
favicon, the generic
IE icon will always show.

You need to delete any old links, restart the computer and then add to
favorites.

Even then, you might need to delete the ShellIconCache file and
reboot and then add it to your favorites.
Click to expand...

Thanks, Steve,
That's great info.

I have deleted old links and re-added them without success, but I haven't
restarted or cleared the cache inbetween,

Where is the cache?
Or will this do it:

del C:\Windows\Temp\*.*
del C:\Documents and Settings\Trevor\Local Settings\Temp\*.*
del C:\Documents and Settings\Trevor\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\*.*
 
The ShellIconCache file lives in C:\Windows and it's named just that:

ShellIconCache

You can also clear it using the Rebuild Icons feature of TweakUI


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer
 
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