Vista - Desktop Web Icons--Where'd They Go?

Used to be (with XP) that when I drag and drop a web address icon from
the address bar to the desktop, the trademark icon for that site would
appear on my desktop. Not so for Vista, in which I'm getting only the
generic windows explorer icon with a graphic that looks like the old
Win3.1 desktop.

Is there any way to get that XP feature going in Vista? I want my
pretty desktop bouquet of icons back--dammit!
--
Mackie

Must be somebody out there with the answer to this very depressing
problem . . .

On Feb 4, 6:57*pm, Mackie <jpd...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Mackie,

This will show you a couple of methods on how to create a Internet Desktop Shortcut in Vista that will keep it's icon and not the generic IE7 E icon.

Internet Shortcut

Shawn

Mackie wrote:Those specialized icons are called favicons and IIRC they don't exist in
Vista. I'm not an IE expert but I Googled for "no favicons Vista" and
one of the sites had this explanation:

"If Vista, the problem is likely due to UAC. We store the favicon data
for internet sites in the low integrity level cache. Explorer (which
includes the Start menu and task bar) run in the Medium integrity level,
which means they don't have access to the low cache (that would be a
security risk)."

Someone else may have a more definitive answer for you, but you might
want to post in the IE7 newsgroup here:

microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP

On Feb 5, 9:14*pm, Malke <notrea...@xxxxxx> wrote:Well, shoot! You'd think there'd be some kind of work-around for
those who find the graphical advantage worth the risk. In any case, I
certainly appreciate this information on the subject. "favicons", eh?
Good advice. I'll take it.

Thanks
--
Mackie
http://vignettes-mackie.blogspot.com

P. S.

On Feb 5, 9:14 pm, Malke <notrea...@xxxxxx> wrote:Love your "Jewish Haiku" and the "Zen Judaism"--I laughed my butt
off.
So I had to pick it up off the floor before it burned a hole in the
rug.

In fact your whole site . . .

http://www.countingspoons.com

Is quite the entertainment.

Now I have another question for you, O Empress: How come the control-
V paste command does not work on my new Toshiba laptop when I've got
it USB'd to an external keyboard, but does work on the laptop
keyboard?
--
Mackie
http://doo-dads.blogspot.com

P.P.S. Give my regards to Mariposa

Mackie wrote:
Thanks for your kind words. I really do need to update CountingSpoons
one of these days.

Unfortunately, the Empress doesn't know the answer to your question. I
would first try a different external keyboard; the one you have may have
a bad Control key or may just not play nice with the Toshiba. If a
different keyboard doesn't make a difference, then I'd put it down to
Toshiba keyboard driver weirdness that only comes out in that particular
situation. Sorry that I wasn't able to give you a more definitive answer.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP

Malke wrote:Update Counting Spoons, yes; It would be great to see more of the non blog,
but please don't remove any of what is there now. Wonderful pictures!

RA wrote:Thanks, you've inspired me to at least put it on my To Do list. If only
I could do a Time Turner thing like Hermione in the Harry Potter book
and be in two places at once. Or even three. ;-)


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP

Hi Mackie,

Did you take a look at this yet? It will show you a couple of methods on how to create a Internet Desktop Shortcut in Vista that will keep it's icon and not the generic IE7 E icon.

Internet Shortcut

Hope it is what you are looking for,
Shawn