Favicon Image Problem

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Dennis Marks

In order to not lose favicons I have been downloading them and then changing
the default icon for the favorite. I have a strange problem with 2 icons.
They are:
en.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico and www.yahoo.com/favicon.ico. The look fine on
the screen. The thumbnails look fine. They look fine in a paint program.
When they display on the link bar they have a black background. Why? I have
no problem with others such as www.versiontracker.com/favicon.ico.

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Dennis

Disclaimer: The above is my opinion. I do not guarantee it. Be sure to back
up any files involved and use at your own risk. Batteries not included. Not
for internal use. Don't run with knives.
 
Dennis said:
In order to not lose favicons I have been downloading them and then
changing the default icon for the favorite. I have a strange problem
with 2 icons. They are:
en.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico and www.yahoo.com/favicon.ico. The look
fine on the screen. The thumbnails look fine. They look fine in a
paint program. When they display on the link bar they have a black
background. Why? I have no problem with others such as
www.versiontracker.com/favicon.ico.
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Why don't you just use MVP Kelly's Theriot's solution instead of messing
about like that?

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm - FavOrg-restore and save
favourite icons (line 108, right column)

Malke
 
Malke said:
Why don't you just use MVP Kelly's Theriot's solution instead of messing
about like that?

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm - FavOrg-restore and save
favourite icons (line 108, right column)

Malke
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I do not run scripts unless I know exactly what they are doing.

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Dennis

Disclaimer: The above is my opinion. I do not guarantee it. Be sure to back
up any files involved and use at your own risk. Batteries not included. Not
for internal use. Don't run with knives.
 
Problem solved. The 2 favicons were BMP files rather than ICO.


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Dennis

Disclaimer: The above is my opinion. I do not guarantee it. Be sure to back
up any files involved and use at your own risk. Batteries not included. Not
for internal use. Don't run with knives.
 
Dennis said:
I do not run scripts unless I know exactly what they are doing.
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If you open the scripts from Kelly's site with notepad you will see exactly
what it is going to do.
 
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