Vista - IE7 favicons keep changing

I have to delete the affected favourite sites then 'delete all' from internet properties then add the sites again.

Is there a fix for this?

sorry elbeasto to bother you but I can't see in which way I can post a help request. Could you suggest me how to do that? Thanks

Hey Elbeasto,

Can you post a screenshot of the changing favorite ico images?

Steven

Hi ElBeasto,

This tutorial may help you out. It will show you how to reset the Favorites favicons.

Favorites Favicon Icons - Reset

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hello Aisoardo, and welcome to Vista Forums.

This link will show you how to create a new post of your own si that you can ask for help with.

Vista Forums - FAQ: Board FAQ

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Will do next time it happens.

Thanks for the link. I suppsoe the only difference between that tutorial and what I was already doing is that I was deleting the affected favourite/s as well and that is unnecessary. Oh and you only have to delete files not all.

Cheers.

ElBeasto,

True, but it's just easier to just delete all of the Temporary Internet Files, unless needed, than each affected favicon file one by one.

Shawn

I took a screen shot of the bug in action, in this case the affected favourite is using an existing favicon from my favourites list but usually it's just a random icon from some site that I've browsed.



The westpac licon should look like this:



In C:\Users\<me>\Favourites the icons are all correct and I didn't see any favicons at all in the Temporary Internet Files folder.

Also, to get that particular icon back, I had to delete all internet files and the favourite itself then re-add it before it would show correctly. Usually it comes back is I just delete files.

maybe IE8 won't do this...

Cheers

These favicons kept changing every day, to the point where I just left it as is. After a day or two IE7 had a popup say to fix itself or something and all the favicons went back to normal...

Another Vista WTF?! moment?

Elbeasto,

I have my IE set to empty the temp files on exit (Tools, Internet Options, Advanced tab, check box under Security section) , to force it to reload these favicons. This way if they get corrupted they and mixed up, I know that they will be reset the next time I close and reopen IE.

Hope this helps,
Shawn