Stefan
Not that i am aware of - tried it on a fresh machine or all of our machines
and it downloads the icon.
Regards
Dave
:
Do you have any Google tools installed?
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| Stefan
|
| The question is how do Google do it? If you create a shortcut from the
| google webpage you get a big "G" on the users desktop. Thats what i am
| after......
|
| Regards
|
| Dave
|
| "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:
|
| > You can't install anything on a users desktop unless you provide
| > - a downloadable installer program
| > (that the user must run - to say just install a link on the desktop to you site w/ your icon)
| > - or a downloadable icon file w/ instructions for your users on how to change the icon to use yours
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| >
http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | Steve
| > |
| > | That i can do - the problem that i have is that clients are using our
| > | website to send us work, and i would like our corporate logo as the icon, on
| > | my machine i can change it - but what i am after is that when my sales guys
| > | show them the site they can right click "create icon" and our corporate logo
| > | appears on there desktop.
| > |
| > | Sorry to be a pain but this is driving me up the wall and my CEO has asked
| > | for it to be incorporated into the site, and we are lost for ideas, short of
| > | paying someone a small fortune to do it.
| > |
| > | Regards
| > |
| > | Dave
| > |
| > | "Steve Easton" wrote:
| > |
| > | > If you have already created a shortcut on your machine before you added the favicon to
| > | > your site, then the shortcut is already mapped to the default IE icon and adding any new
| > | > shortcuts to the same url will use the default icon.
| > | >
| > | > You need to:
| > | > Delete any current shortcuts to the site, including any added to favorites.
| > | > Clear your browser Temporary Internet, Cookie and History files.
| > | > Then go to Control Panel, open TweakUI, click the Repair tab and select "Rebuild Icons"
| > | > If you do not have TweakUi installed, find and delete the file hidden file named
| > | > ShellIconCache ( It lives in the windows directory, C:\Windows ) and restart the machine.
| > | >
| > | > When it is done, close TweakUi and the Control Panel, open the website and add a shortcut
| > | > to your desktop.
| > | > It should then use your favicon.
| > | >
| > | > hth
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Steve Easton
| > | > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| > | > 95isalive
| > | > This site is best viewed..................
| > | > ...............................with a computer
| > | > | > | > > Steve
| > | > >
| > | > > Thanks for that - the favicon is ok for the website header, but when we
| > | > > right click to create an icon on the desktop - we only get the standard IE
| > | > > logo, rather than our corporate logo....any ideas?
| > | > >
| > | > > "Steve Easton" wrote:
| > | > >
| > | > > > Check out
www.favicon.com
| > | > > >
| > | > > > --
| > | > > > Steve Easton
| > | > > > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
| > | > > > 95isalive
| > | > > > This site is best viewed..................
| > | > > > ...............................with a computer
| > | > > >
| > | > > > | > | > > > > I was wondering if anyone can help me.
| > | > > > >
| > | > > > > We have a website that allows clients to send us work. We are after creating
| > | > > > > an icon - similar to Google when you use 'Create icon' on the right click
| > | > > > > menu, to enable use to have a custom icon on the desktop - all attempts we
| > | > > > > have have failed!
| > | > > > >
| > | > > > > Any ideas?
| > | > > > >
| > | > > > > Regards
| > | > > > >
| > | > > > > Dave McCormack
| > | > > >
| > | > > >
| > | > > >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >
