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**tvccs** · 02-14-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Quote: Originally Posted by tvccs

And for references sake, switching the Web icons to read-only did not prevent them from beling dumped coming out of Safe Mode. Switching to small icons does, but I don't want small icons. Again, why am I fighting Vista (again) here? Stupid and annoying. I will now try creating a custom link, which is a bass-ackwards way of doing it. I send the link to the Desktop for the sake of convenience, not to turn it into a "project" other than assigning an icon.

tvccs,

I agree. I do not like the small icons either. Creating a normal shortcut was the only way that I could find to workaround the problem. Hopefully the net will allow sites to start using larger icons for the URL Favicon to allow a larger icon for the desktop.

Shawn

Thank you for the followup. I tried your Plan B by creating a new link, and it still had the same issues, showing an icon in Properties it refused to load on the Desktop the same as the one I deleted. And one of the icons it dumped had variants of 16,32,48 and 256 sizes, so that doesn't appear to be the issue either.

More Vista bizarro for no reason. it shouldn't be this difficult to do something this simple. I know someone at MS decided Desktops and Program lists were too "cluttered" and had to dumb them down to what "most users used most", but some of us who work with this stuff actually want more control, not less, the anathema to nearly all things Windows for years. It's gotten out of control, and I have to fix this stuff and write about it for a major newspaper group. The solutions for Vista issues are usually so complex I am unwilling to even suggest "Joe Average" attempt many of them without a major walkthrough. Again, defeating the point.

Thanks again, I'll see if I can find what the hell is going on with this stuff, but I am baffled to this point.

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tvccs Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Vista Ultimate x64 8 posts	Re: Safe Mode Deletes Web Link Icons From Desktop Quote: Originally Posted by Brink Quote: Originally Posted by tvccs And for references sake, switching the Web icons to read-only did not prevent them from beling dumped coming out of Safe Mode. Switching to small icons does, but I don't want small icons. Again, why am I fighting Vista (again) here? Stupid and annoying. I will now try creating a custom link, which is a bass-ackwards way of doing it. I send the link to the Desktop for the sake of convenience, not to turn it into a "project" other than assigning an icon. tvccs, I agree. I do not like the small icons either. Creating a normal shortcut was the only way that I could find to workaround the problem. Hopefully the net will allow sites to start using larger icons for the URL Favicon to allow a larger icon for the desktop. Shawn Thank you for the followup. I tried your Plan B by creating a new link, and it still had the same issues, showing an icon in Properties it refused to load on the Desktop the same as the one I deleted. And one of the icons it dumped had variants of 16,32,48 and 256 sizes, so that doesn't appear to be the issue either. More Vista bizarro for no reason. it shouldn't be this difficult to do something this simple. I know someone at MS decided Desktops and Program lists were too "cluttered" and had to dumb them down to what "most users used most", but some of us who work with this stuff actually want more control, not less, the anathema to nearly all things Windows for years. It's gotten out of control, and I have to fix this stuff and write about it for a major newspaper group. The solutions for Vista issues are usually so complex I am unwilling to even suggest "Joe Average" attempt many of them without a major walkthrough. Again, defeating the point. Thanks again, I'll see if I can find what the hell is going on with this stuff, but I am baffled to this point.
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