[DayLee1]

I have a problem with the Favorites icons randomly disappearing. This
is not the same problem as reported before, where icons are replaced by
the blue "e". Sometimes my icons are correct, other times they refresh
with a generic page or file icon. I have tried moving icons to a new
location and running "Favorg" to no avail. This is a real mystery, as
it is random, the correct icons appearing about 10 per cent of the
time. Sometimes, after a reboot, the correct icons are there, sometimes
not, but they don't last.
Any help on this? Thanks in advance.

[Jan Il]

Hi Day :-)

These are known as favicons.ico (Favorite Icons) and they normally will only
last until your Internet Explorer Temp files are cleared.

You don't mention what version of Windows you are using, but, try an IE
repair
or TweakUI Power Toys if applicable to your version of Windows:
TweakUI.
http://www.aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#tweakui

or.

Favicons
http://rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Favicons

also..

Courtesy of Frank Saunders -

The Favicons are stored in the Temporary Internet Files (TIF) and disappear
when they expire out of TIF or TIF is cleared. Get FavOrg:
http://www.gratilog.net/anglais/internet/favorg.zip
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/files/favorg.zip
FavOrg - Restore and Save Favorite Icons (Line 108)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

and..

Icons are temporarily stored in a file called iconcache.dll, You might try
deleting this file and restart your computer, Windows should automatically
rebuild the iconcache.dll on reboot. Be sure to make a bckup copy just in
case.

Hope this helps :-)

Jan :)
MS MVP - IE/OE
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>I have a problem with the Favorites icons randomly disappearing. This
> is not the same problem as reported before, where icons are replaced by
> the blue "e". Sometimes my icons are correct, other times they refresh
> with a generic page or file icon. I have tried moving icons to a new
> location and running "Favorg" to no avail. This is a real mystery, as
> it is random, the correct icons appearing about 10 per cent of the
> time. Sometimes, after a reboot, the correct icons are there, sometimes
> not, but they don't last.
> Any help on this? Thanks in advance.
>

[DayLee1]

Thank you for your reply. I am running XP Professional SP2.
Unfortunately, I have tried FavOrg with no luck. As I said, I think
this is a different problem, as I do not get the blue "e" generic
icons, but a more generic one. This happens even when not deleting the
temporary Internet files.

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi DayLee1.

See if this is a Icon cache problem. More Info at:

Icons Randomly Change to Different Icons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q132668/

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Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx

"DayLee1" <dlkoch@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
news:1119196070.046205.312790@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Thank you for your reply. I am running XP Professional SP2.
> Unfortunately, I have tried FavOrg with no luck. As I said, I think
> this is a different problem, as I do not get the blue "e" generic
> icons, but a more generic one. This happens even when not deleting the
> temporary Internet files.
>

[DayLee1]

Thank you. I believe you are correct about the Icon cache. I noticed
that after rebooting, the correct icons appear, but if I refresh the
screen, they are gone. What is the name of the icon cache file in XP
Pro? I tried a search, but could not find it.

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hidden file named Iconcache.db in this path:

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx

"DayLee1" <dlkoch@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
news:1119198200.912806.37300@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Thank you. I believe you are correct about the Icon cache. I noticed
> that after rebooting, the correct icons appear, but if I refresh the
> screen, they are gone. What is the name of the icon cache file in XP
> Pro? I tried a search, but could not find it.
>

[DayLee1]

Upon further investigation, I found that the Favorites in Windows
Explorer display correctly, but not in Internet Explorer. If I hit
"Refresh" in IE, the Favorites display correctly, then are quickly
replaced by generic file icons. Sometimes, if I hit "Refresh" quickly,
the correct icons in Favorites will stick. I have renamed the
Iconcache.db file and let Windows recreate it, but no luck.
Does anyone have any further ideas?

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

DayLee1,

Another option that I can think of is to Repair the icons using TweakUI (for
XP).

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx

"DayLee1" <dlkoch@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
news:1119402879.363197.193960@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Upon further investigation, I found that the Favorites in Windows
> Explorer display correctly, but not in Internet Explorer. If I hit
> "Refresh" in IE, the Favorites display correctly, then are quickly
> replaced by generic file icons. Sometimes, if I hit "Refresh" quickly,
> the correct icons in Favorites will stick. I have renamed the
> Iconcache.db file and let Windows recreate it, but no luck.
> Does anyone have any further ideas?
>

[DayLee1]

Thanks, but I tried that also. I'm wondering if it has to do with a
third-party plugin......
It's interesting because my son says he has the same problem on his PC.
He's running Media Center with IE6. Could be that we have a common
application that would cause this? We both have installed the same
version of NVidia display drivers.

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

>> We both have installed the same version of NVidia display drivers.

Not sure what's causing this. Might be the display drivers as you said.

Good Luck and keep us posted!

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx


"DayLee1" <dlkoch@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
news:1119448800.569957.97970@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks, but I tried that also. I'm wondering if it has to do with a
> third-party plugin......
> It's interesting because my son says he has the same problem on his PC.
> He's running Media Center with IE6. Could be that we have a common
> application that would cause this? We both have installed the same
> version of NVidia display drivers.
>