re: Question about 'Change the icon for Internet Shortcuts'
Friday, August 27, 2004 at 12:43 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by jcw
(5124 messages posted)
"Can anyone confirm this, and indicate
whether there is a fix?"
-- Confirmed.
-- Fooled around with it a little, but didn't find a fix, so gave
up as not that important to me.
Don't forget that the "favicons" supplied by some websites get deleted when you
empty your temp net files. Of course, if you re-visit the site, its favicon will
be restored, only to be deleted the next time your temp nets are cleaned out. You
can stop this from happening by copying the favicon to another location and assigning
it to the website's shortcut (presuambly on your favorites list). But the reg change
that you inquired about first will override that, so .....
On Friday, August 27, 2004 at 11:21 am, Matthew wrote:
>It appears to me that this change also removes the ability in IE for displaying
custom
>icons for websites. That is, when you add some sites to your Favorites, they come
>with a customized icon in the Favorites list. Can anyone confirm this, and indicate
>whether there is a fix?
>
>I recall that deleting your history and cache also affects these customized icons,
>in terms of removing them or adding new ones. But it doesn't seem to have an effect
>after making these registry changes.
>
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