favourites icons

[noby]

Dear Forum guys and girls,

yesterday, in my favourites list of Internet Explorer (and i have only one installed) the original icons of the sites were all replaced by the default internet icon.

does somebody know how to restore the original icons?

It is maybe not a big deal, but i found those icons easy for locating a link

thanks

noby

[RJ]

They get erased when you empty the cache.
If you want to keep the icons then you need to save them in a safe place, and assign the links to the stored icons.

RJ

[noby]

I did not empty the cache !

noby

[RJ]

When you go to Extras > Folder Options, Settings, you can set the size of the cache.
I believe when the cache is full, then the oldest files will be erased to free space for new files.
So even though you didn't erase the cache manually, the files got deleted.

RJ

[noby]

you really think so? i checked that setting and it was set at 2442 MB, that's 2.4 Gb. That's a lot of space

noby

[noby]

And i must add, the icons did not go away from one file and then from the other, but all the same day.

More ideas are still wellcome

noby

[Miz]

The icon you're referring to are called "favicons" and, as RJ said, they're temporary files.

If you want to make them permanent, instructions for doing that are on this page along with a link to download a program to do the work for you.

[noby]

thanks, Miz greatly appreciated your input.
Problem solved

noby