favicon.ico's disappear

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R. Hamm

Every few days or weeks, some (not all) favorite icons disappear from the
links bar on browser and from favorites shortcuts, I have to re-save the
link, anyone know how and why this happens and how to fix???? Verrrry
strange.
Thanks! =0)
R. Hamm
 
Hi,

The favorites icons are deleted once the Temporary Internet Files are
cleared. This is by design.

The program "FavOrg" preserves the favorites icon permanently. You may
download it from:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,108438,00.asp

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Every few days or weeks, some (not all) favorite icons disappear from the
links bar on browser and from favorites shortcuts, I have to re-save the
link, anyone know how and why this happens and how to fix???? Verrrry
strange.
Thanks! =0)
R. Hamm
 
Hi R. Hamm - 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.



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