Mike F from TN wrote:
> Using XP MCE and IE6. Today I made some changes in System/Properties/Advanced
> Visual Effects tab and started messing around with Custom. Didn't like what I
> saw, so went back to the default, Let Windows Choose...
> When I went back to the desktop, many of the favorite icons that I had for
> some websites I go to frequently reverted back to the IE big e.
>
> Tried putting the sites in Favorites. Each site's icon appears in the
> Favorites list but when I try to send them or drag them out to the desktop as
> a shortcut, the e appears on the desktop, not the favicon. Why? what' the fix?

Favicons are kept in the Temporary Internet Files directory and that is
why they disappear. See this link for how to keep them:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm - FavOrg-restore and save
favourite icons (line 108, right column)

Malke
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