How to stop IE replacing desktop icons?

[bfwriter]

Hello friends,

Is there any way to disable IE from auto-replacing custom desktop icons (of web sites only) with the proprietary icons from the sites?

Example: I put a custom icon on a website shortcut icon. Then the next time that site is visited, the custom icon is replaced with the commercial one. Annoying.

TIA

 

[ASG0856]

Where are you storing the custom icons. It's probably not pertinant, but I put all my custom icons in a icon directory in my home directory. I don't get the problem.

 

[bfwriter]

Thanks for your response, ASG0856.

Like you, my custom icons are in a special directory used only for that.

My guess is that IE somehow permits or denies web sites to inflict their own icons on us (maybe with cookies). I have searched for such a setting, and can't find one.

 

[smah]

I assume that you're referring to IE7. Icon (& favicon) handling changed with IE7. See if this helps

http://my.opera.com/yodude/blog/index.dml/tag/IE7