Vista - change icon not sticking

I have 4 icons for links to the weather channel (different areas).
Initially the icons were for seamonkey (my default browser). I changed
them all to different icons. Next day two had changed to the IE icon.
I never use IE. When I open the properties to change the icon back,
the icon on the properties window is the correct one. No way to get my
changed icon to show on the desktop other than delete and start over.
Next day they are back to IE.
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

The man who makes no mistakes does not
usually make anything.

What are the size of your icons? Vista wants a larger icon than XP. I had
this problem and I changed my icons from 36 X 40 to 65 X 71. I don't know if
this is optimum but it seemed to have worked.
--
Paul


"Gerald Ross" wrote:

> I have 4 icons for links to the weather channel (different areas).
> Initially the icons were for seamonkey (my default browser). I changed
> them all to different icons. Next day two had changed to the IE icon.
> I never use IE. When I open the properties to change the icon back,
> the icon on the properties window is the correct one. No way to get my
> changed icon to show on the desktop other than delete and start over.
> Next day they are back to IE.
> --
> Gerald Ross
> Cochran, GA
>
> The man who makes no mistakes does not
> usually make anything.
>
>
>
>
>

Right-click on Desktop, select Personalize, select Display Settings, then
change Color from 32 bit to 16 bit, Apply, and back to 32 bit, Apply. This
refreshes the icon cache. If you get your icons back but soon they are back
to the IE generic, go to your icon, right-click, select Properties, General
tab, check Read-Only, Apply. This will usually help retain the desired icon.
There's also a nice program called FavOrg that manages Favorites icons.

"PaulB" wrote:

> What are the size of your icons? Vista wants a larger icon than XP. I had
> this problem and I changed my icons from 36 X 40 to 65 X 71. I don't know if
> this is optimum but it seemed to have worked.
> --
> Paul
>
>
> "Gerald Ross" wrote:
>
> > I have 4 icons for links to the weather channel (different areas).
> > Initially the icons were for seamonkey (my default browser). I changed
> > them all to different icons. Next day two had changed to the IE icon.
> > I never use IE. When I open the properties to change the icon back,
> > the icon on the properties window is the correct one. No way to get my
> > changed icon to show on the desktop other than delete and start over.
> > Next day they are back to IE.
> > --
> > Gerald Ross
> > Cochran, GA
> >
> > The man who makes no mistakes does not
> > usually make anything.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

Thanks for the reply. I'll try that.

uvbogden wrote:
> Right-click on Desktop, select Personalize, select Display Settings, then
> change Color from 32 bit to 16 bit, Apply, and back to 32 bit, Apply. This
> refreshes the icon cache. If you get your icons back but soon they are back
> to the IE generic, go to your icon, right-click, select Properties, General
> tab, check Read-Only, Apply. This will usually help retain the desired icon.
> There's also a nice program called FavOrg that manages Favorites icons.
>
> "PaulB" wrote:
>
>> What are the size of your icons? Vista wants a larger icon than XP. I had
>> this problem and I changed my icons from 36 X 40 to 65 X 71. I don't know if
>> this is optimum but it seemed to have worked.
>> --
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> "Gerald Ross" wrote:
>>
>> > I have 4 icons for links to the weather channel (different areas).
>> > Initially the icons were for seamonkey (my default browser). I changed
>> > them all to different icons. Next day two had changed to the IE icon.
>> > I never use IE. When I open the properties to change the icon back,
>> > the icon on the properties window is the correct one. No way to get my
>> > changed icon to show on the desktop other than delete and start over.
>> > Next day they are back to IE.



--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

The man who makes no mistakes does not
usually make anything.