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FavIconizer
FavIconizer preserves the favicons in the favorites directory iteself,
a slightly different approach than PC Mag's FavOrg took. FavIconizer
also addresses an oversight in FavOrg.
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/faviconizer.asp?target=favicons
The site requires registering an email address to download any files
and the download was slow (for me in US). Someone may have a better
source.
No install. DL scanned with current AntiVir, avast!, AVG,
BitDefender, and NAV.
BillR
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(Site excerpt)
FavIconizer
By SteveKing
If you use Internet Explorer for browsing the web then you know that
for some links you add to your favorites there's an icon indicating
the webpage (e.g. CP has an orange icon with bob on it). But after a
while those icons get replaced with the standard web icon again 'cause
IE stores them in the web cache which gets cleaned up according to
your settings.
I searched the web for a program which would let me store those icons
in a safe place so they won't get lost again. Then I found Favorg.
This program did the trick. But it was a little bit more than what I
needed. Also, it doesn't check for the html tag <LINK REL="SHORTCUT
ICON" HREF=link_to_favicon> but only gets the icon if it is in the
root of the website and called favicon.ico.
Another thing that I didn't like was that it stored the icons in its
program folder. Sure you could change that location but I always had
to try several times until it worked. And what happens if you zip your
favorites folder and move it to another computer? The icons are lost!
And IE doesn't show the usual icon for them but an ugly white one.
Also, it seems that pcmag changed the download so that you need now a
subscription for that.
So I decided to write my own program which fetches the icons for every
link in the favorites folder. It also stores those icons in the
favorites folder by creating a new subfolder and changing the
attribute to 'hidden'. That way the folder for those icons doesn't
show up in the favorites menu (even if you set "show hidden
files/folders" in your settings).
To use the tool simply start it and hit the "start" button. Then wait
a while. After the program finished you'll have all the nice icons
restored - at least for those links which the website offers icons.
FavIconizer preserves the favicons in the favorites directory iteself,
a slightly different approach than PC Mag's FavOrg took. FavIconizer
also addresses an oversight in FavOrg.
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/faviconizer.asp?target=favicons
The site requires registering an email address to download any files
and the download was slow (for me in US). Someone may have a better
source.
No install. DL scanned with current AntiVir, avast!, AVG,
BitDefender, and NAV.
BillR
-----
(Site excerpt)
FavIconizer
By SteveKing
If you use Internet Explorer for browsing the web then you know that
for some links you add to your favorites there's an icon indicating
the webpage (e.g. CP has an orange icon with bob on it). But after a
while those icons get replaced with the standard web icon again 'cause
IE stores them in the web cache which gets cleaned up according to
your settings.
I searched the web for a program which would let me store those icons
in a safe place so they won't get lost again. Then I found Favorg.
This program did the trick. But it was a little bit more than what I
needed. Also, it doesn't check for the html tag <LINK REL="SHORTCUT
ICON" HREF=link_to_favicon> but only gets the icon if it is in the
root of the website and called favicon.ico.
Another thing that I didn't like was that it stored the icons in its
program folder. Sure you could change that location but I always had
to try several times until it worked. And what happens if you zip your
favorites folder and move it to another computer? The icons are lost!
And IE doesn't show the usual icon for them but an ugly white one.
Also, it seems that pcmag changed the download so that you need now a
subscription for that.
So I decided to write my own program which fetches the icons for every
link in the favorites folder. It also stores those icons in the
favorites folder by creating a new subfolder and changing the
attribute to 'hidden'. That way the folder for those icons doesn't
show up in the favorites menu (even if you set "show hidden
files/folders" in your settings).
To use the tool simply start it and hit the "start" button. Then wait
a while. After the program finished you'll have all the nice icons
restored - at least for those links which the website offers icons.