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Lars-Erik Østerud

Some sites have a small icon that is displayed along side the
favourite shortcut. But suddenly all these where gone and replaced by
the default IE icon. Why? Where are these icon stored? How to keep
them?
 
Ramesh, MS-MVP skrev:
Preserve the favicons using AM-Deadlink:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/favicon.htm
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Program looked great as I tested it, but after using it I can't start
my InterNet explorer anymore. The "iexplore.exe" file has gotten a new
icon (the AM-DeadLink one) and I get a "NTVDM" error when running it.

ANyone? Why should AM-DeadLink replace the IXPLORE.EXE file?
Though it was just a "run once in a while" application :-(
All icon links/paths are store in the favorites shortcuts, right?
 
I use this program (v2.04) and faced no problems absolutely, nor it replaced iexplore.exe in my system. BTW, what OS are you using?

IExplore.exe ?


Nope. The .URL may contain the favicon path, and the actual .ico is stored in the Temporary Internet Files.

To preserve the favicons manually,

Visit that site and create a shortcut of it to the Desktop
Right-click the URL shortcut, and Send To > Notepad
Look at the line reading IconFile:

Example:
IconFile=http://www.google.co.in/favicon.ico
Now, type http://www.google.co.in/favicon.ico in the browser window and save the .ico file locally.
Change the URL icon using the "Change Icon" in it's Properties sheet.

Note: View > Source can also be used to view the favicon URL.

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Preserve the favicons using AM-Deadlink:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/favicon.htm
Click to expand...

Program looked great as I tested it, but after using it I can't start
my InterNet explorer anymore. The "iexplore.exe" file has gotten a new
icon (the AM-DeadLink one) and I get a "NTVDM" error when running it.

ANyone? Why should AM-DeadLink replace the IXPLORE.EXE file?
Though it was just a "run once in a while" application :-(
All icon links/paths are store in the favorites shortcuts, right?
 
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