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re: Question about 'Change the icon for Internet Shortcuts' Monday, October 27, 2008 at 4:54 am Posted by Ricer46 (22033 messages posted) You might describe, or at least reference, the exact procedure that you followed. On Monday, October 27, 2008 at 4:22 am, Charles Barnett wrote: >The fix works fine but it changes all the icons on the desk top to the same type. >"Folder options" are not availlable on specific internet addresses on my PC just >"Internet options", so I cannot change the icons individually per address. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Change the icon for Internet Shortcuts' Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7:02 am Posted by alex (2475 messages posted) Sure you can and very easily.Shortcut Properties/Change Icon. On Monday, October 27, 2008 at 4:22 am, Charles Barnett wrote: >The fix works fine but it changes all the icons on the desk top to the same type. >"Folder options" are not availlable on specific internet addresses on my PC just >"Internet options", so I cannot change the icons individually per address. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Change the icon for Internet Shortcuts' Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7:25 am Posted by Charles Barnett (5 messages posted) Article 04-405 Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Change the icon for Internet Shortcuts' Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7:29 am Posted by Charles Barnett (5 messages posted) I have tried this and the icon changes on the Web Document tab but not on the General Tab? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Change the icon for Internet Shortcuts' Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7:35 am Posted by Ricer46 (22033 messages posted) You are supposed to change it on the Web Document tab. In fact, I just discovered that if you drag the link from IE7 favorites, it will include the Favicon for that web site. Something that IE7 can do that Firefox can't... like that's really important. On Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7:29 am, Charles Barnett wrote: >I have tried this and the icon changes on the Web Document tab but not on the General >Tab? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Change the icon for Internet Shortcuts' Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7:43 am Posted by Charles Barnett (5 messages posted) Yes it can be changed on the Web Doc tab but it does not change on the General tab or Desk top. Have tried draging but as soon as you let go the mouse the icon reverts to the default. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: about the icon ... Shortcuts Monday, October 27, 2008 at 8:18 am Posted by geek9pm (1030 messages posted) There are still Desktop Icons. This is required reading: Work with shortcuts. Published September 7, 2006 Geek9pm [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Change the icon for Internet Shortcuts' Monday, October 27, 2008 at 9:22 am Posted by Ricer46 (22033 messages posted) Then there is something wrong with your system. Hard to say what it could be. On Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7:43 am, Charles Barnett wrote: >Yes it can be changed on the Web Doc tab but it does not change on the General tab >or Desk top. Have tried draging but as soon as you let go the mouse the icon reverts >to the default. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Change the icon for Internet Shortcuts' Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10:33 am Posted by Charles Barnett (5 messages posted) I meant to ask you - do you think that Tweak could have something to do with it? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Change the icon for Internet Shortcuts' Monday, October 27, 2008 at 12:52 pm Posted by Ricer46 (22033 messages posted) Tweak what? TweakUI, Tweak XP???? ... there are lots of products used for tweaking XP. And there is really no telling. On Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10:33 am, Charles Barnett wrote: >I meant to ask you - do you think that Tweak could have something to do with it? [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum