How Can I Display The Icons Embeded on the Web Pages Instead of the Ogly "e"

rey888 · #1 16th Feb 2009, 18:34

When I try for example to save the icon of google the nice g in colors on my desktop all I get is the ogly "e" , it happens with other web pages even this one I can not put the nice lcd monitor that this web site has for icon , the web pages come as they should but my desktop is full of "e"s and the regulars windows xp icons is there a way i can resolve this. Thanks in advance.

**spot** · #2 16th Feb 2009, 19:34

Either it's in the website's root directory and called favicon.ico (that's the default) in which case you can pick it up and save it, or it's at the URL pointed to (in the webpage's Page Source) by

Code:

LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF=

in which case you can pick it up and save it.

rey888 · #3 17th Feb 2009, 07:19

Thanks, but how can my computer or myself pick it up automatically?

**spot** · #4 17th Feb 2009, 07:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by rey888

Thanks, but how can my computer or myself pick it up automatically?

Where did "automatically" come from? I was answering "When I try for example to save the icon of [...]".

If your problem is that your bookmarks/favourites aren't showing the icon next to the page title then I think we might need to know which browser/operating system you're using.

rey888 · #5 17th Feb 2009, 19:28

I think the browser is Internet Explorer and its happenig in a computer with Windows 2000 Pro

**spot** · #6 17th Feb 2009, 19:30

And your problem is that your bookmarks/favourites aren't showing the icon next to the page title?

rey888 · #7 19th Feb 2009, 09:21

yes, and when trying to shortcut on desktop

rey888 · #8 26th Feb 2009, 18:36

anyone

**spot** · #9 27th Feb 2009, 00:44

Your problem seems to be (I'm guessing, I don't have a Windows 2000 computer using Internet Explorer to check with) that nobody else can replicate your problem. People browsing to a website using page title icons see them in the URL window and on bookmarks.

You're not, presumably, trying to say the technique doesn't display for other people with the same software.

You could try finding a vanilla Windows 2000 / Internet Explorer install to check that it displays them. Assuming it does, you could make your computer resemble the vanilla install. That's quite likely to involve reinstalling.

Microsoft no longer support or patch Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT or Windows 2000. The reason isn't purely financial. You're not, presumably, running a museum.