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How come when I drag an url icon to the desktop for a shortcut, the icon changes to the std firefox icon (XP & 3.6.02)

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How come when I drag an url icon to the desktop for a shortcut, the icon changes to the std firefox icon (XP & 3.6.02)

Can I set it up to retain the favicon

# Question How come when I drag an url icon to the desktop for a shortcut, the icon changes to the std firefox icon (XP & 3.6.02) Can I set it up to retain the favicon

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If you drag a link or favicon on the left end of the location bar onto the desktop to create an internet shortcut then that shortcut gets the icon of the default browser.

If you want a different icon (favicon) then you have to assign that icon yourself to the desktop shortcut (right-click: Properties).

You can usually get the favicon if you append "favicon.ico" to the main domain of a website (e.g. http://www.mozilla.com/favicon.ico ) to display the favicon in a tab and save that image to a folder or see if you can find it in "Tools > Page Info > Media".