I kind knew it had something to do with a favicon...but any idea why on my
old machine they made their way to my QL bar without all the folderol? Just
by simply dragging?


"S. Farragut" <SFarragut@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> you want the favicon.ico of that site...
>
> in order to find that icon you will add a /favicon.ico to the address you
> want.. the main domain.. for example for cnn.com is
>
> [url]http://www.cnn.com/favicon.ico[/url]
>
> the best way to download the actual ico is to use a download manager
>
> like freedownloadmanager.org or [url]www.flashget.com[/url]
>
> and add the address with the favicon to download in my example this:\
>
> [url]http://www.cnn.com/favicon.ico[/url]
>
>
> by the way.. there is an idiot that’s original name-handle is spanky...
> but it loves to take the identity of others because itself doesn’t have a
> real identity and it has a total lack of self worth..
>
> its suffering from many physiological problems.. in other words it’s a
> nutcase! So if you see an idiot posting under my name... its not me.
>
> thanks
>
>
>
> "Ken Isaacson" <KJIsaacson[nospam]******.com> wrote in message
> news:D3990B4E-E634-47C1-9C28-8C6062DB6CD8@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> Uh, I see how to rightclick on the QL icon (button?), click properties,
>> click on "Change Icon," but that just gives me choices of icons that
>> reside on my machine.
>>
>> What I'm talking about is automatic on my XP machine: Drag the webpage's
>> icon directly from the IE Address window while viewing the web page to
>> the QL bar. This drops the shortcut there on the QL bar, and the icon is
>> a replica of that appears in the IE Address window....
>>
>> "Colton" <educability@**gmail.com**> wrote in message
>> news:CB88F3AE-DD04-4703-969B-E4316866B03A@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> "Ken Isaacson" <KJIsaacson[nospam]******.com> wrote in message
>>> news:6779639B-E141-49C1-B7D7-208F63B3A3C8@microsoft.com...
>>>> Vista Ultimate, SP1
>>>>
>>>> Silly little issue: On my XP machine, if I add a website to my Quick
>>>> Launch
>>>> bar by dragging the draggin the web page's icon from the IE Address Bar
>>>> down
>>>> to my Quick Launch bar, the resulting icon on my QL bar is an image of
>>>> the
>>>> website's icon. (For example, Amazon's is their ubiquitous A with the
>>>> smile underneath it.)
>>>>
>>>> On my Vista machine, the resulting QL icon is the generic Internet
>>>> Explorer's "E".
>>>>
>>>> It's not a big deal...well actually it is, because the unique icon's
>>>> make visual ID easier.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Ken Isaacson
>>>> SILENT COUNSEL, a legal thriller
>>>> [url]www.KenIsaacson.com[/url]
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Right click on the QL Button > Click "Shortcut" tab > Change Icon...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Colton
>>> OS: Microsoft Vista Home Premium x86 SP1
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