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Lost Icons in IE6

Jun 7, 2004 12:09AM PDT

If I add a new URL to my favourites I sometimes see a site related icon e.g. a red Y for Yahoo. After a short time (a few days) the icon reverts to the default IE icon. Could it be related to opening multiple IE windows? Any idea how to prevent this?

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Re:Lost Icons in IE6 = Designed to do that.
Jun 7, 2004 12:58AM PDT

This feature is called Favorite Icons. It's more of a demo of the future of IE since Microsoft put the icon in the temporary files which are deleted after some time or by user action.

Nothing is broken, but people didn't expect this or know how it worked.

Find the program FavOrg if you must, but with the ongoing security problems, my advice is to move out of the line of fire between malware writers and Microsoft. Getting used to another browser is a good idea.

Bob

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Re:Lost Icons in IE6
Jun 7, 2004 1:04AM PDT

When accessing the Web many items are downloaded to the Temporary Internet Files (TIF), aka "cache", for possible subsequent use - those Gif files are what you're interested in preserving but the TIF is not static. Items in the TIF are purged when you empty the cache through the browser options or it may automatically empty when exiting IE - determined by an optional setting. When you first save a favorite of some sort, its icon will be retained for use only as long as the icon remains in this cache. At the time you save a link and you want to preserve the icon:

a. Find that file (GIF) in the cache and move it to a personal archive. Subsequently, from the properties of the favorites link, click the Web document tab, Change icon...., and then select your "archived copy" of the icon.

b. PC Magazine first published "FavOrg", Version 19n19, November 17, 2000. You may find this utility helpful, costly, wear yourself and the Internet out, and waste time, but it can help. The PC Magazine Utility Library is now available by subscription only. For just $19.97 (or $14.97 if you're a current subscriber to PC Magazine's print or digital edition), subscribers get full access for 12 months, including: great new files and updates throughout the year -- usually one per month -- access to all 130+ useful, smart utilities in the Library, and technical support.