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]

"Ken Isaacson" <KJIsaacson[nospam]******.com> wrote in message
news:6779639B-E141-49C1-B7D7-208F63B3A3C8@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> 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]
>[/color]



Right click on the QL Button > Click "Shortcut" tab > Change Icon...

--
Colton
OS: Microsoft Vista Home Premium x86 SP1

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=blue]
> "Ken Isaacson" <KJIsaacson[nospam]******.com> wrote in message
> news:6779639B-E141-49C1-B7D7-208F63B3A3C8@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> 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]
>>[/color]
>
>
>
> Right click on the QL Button > Click "Shortcut" tab > Change Icon...
>
> --
> Colton
> OS: Microsoft Vista Home Premium x86 SP1
>[/color]

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:37:16 -0500, "Ken Isaacson"
<KJIsaacson[nospam]******.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>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....[/color]

Vista here, and I can drag a URL to my quick launch bar and the icon
stays the same.

One thing you might need to think about is that the icon you prefer is
in your Temp Internet Files initially and those are deleted when you
close IE (if you have it set to do that) or when you run a disk
cleanup.

You need to find that icon and copy it over to a directory of your
choosing/making, THEN do the change icon thing and browse to that
directory to find the icon you want.

Doing that should also fix the problem you are having - I think.[color=blue]
>
>"Colton" <educability@**gmail.com**> wrote in message
>news:CB88F3AE-DD04-4703-969B-E4316866B03A@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> "Ken Isaacson" <KJIsaacson[nospam]******.com> wrote in message
>> news:6779639B-E141-49C1-B7D7-208F63B3A3C8@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> 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]
>>>[/color]
>>
>>
>>
>> Right click on the QL Button > Click "Shortcut" tab > Change Icon...
>>
>> --
>> Colton
>> OS: Microsoft Vista Home Premium x86 SP1
>>[/color][/color]

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=blue]
> 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=green]
>> "Ken Isaacson" <KJIsaacson[nospam]******.com> wrote in message
>> news:6779639B-E141-49C1-B7D7-208F63B3A3C8@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> 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]
>>>[/color]
>>
>>
>>
>> Right click on the QL Button > Click "Shortcut" tab > Change Icon...
>>
>> --
>> Colton
>> OS: Microsoft Vista Home Premium x86 SP1
>>[/color]
>[/color]

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
news:494949e0$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=blue]
> 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
>>>[/color]
>>[/color][/color]

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:11:07 -0500, "Ken Isaacson"
<KJIsaacson[nospam]******.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>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?[/color]

Nope. Works both ways for me here and always has.

[color=blue]
>"S. Farragut" <SFarragut@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:494949e0$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=green]
>> 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=darkred]
>>> 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...
>>>> "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
>>>>
>>>[/color][/color][/color]

Ken Isaacson wrote:[color=blue]
> 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?
>[/color]


The favicon is stored in the internet explorer temporary internet files..

if you clean those, or if you use another browser like firefox you will
not see that icon in quicklaunch or the desktop

since to display it it must read the favicon in the internet explorers
temporary files..

please tell me if you have switched to another browser or you have some
cleaner to clean the temp files

user on ubuntu <user@linux.com> wrote:

[snip]

Yet another nick, huh? No problem: another entry in my killfile.