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July 1, 2005
Dear CNET members,
Happy Friday! I don't know about you, but I rely heavily on my browser's bookmarks/favorites; it's my happiness ticket to the Internet, and I am absolutely lost without them. Given this week's question from Marc on creating and storing icons for the ease of identifying favorite sites, I thought it would be a great way for all of us (if you haven't already) to start thinking about organizing your bookmarked or favorite Web sites. So without further delay, I present to you this week's winning answer by Carl, the honorable mentions, and other suggestions by our members in hopes that you find their answers helpful. While this week's topic is specific to Windows Internet Explorer, if you have instructions or tips to share on how to save or change icons in other specific browsers, please chime in to this week's discussion. Because as you know, not everyone is an IE fan. In addition, this week's poll is all about how you organize your bookmarked or favorite Web sites, so get your vote in and exchange ideas and tips on how you organize your favorite sites. Have fun and have a great weekend!
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Member Question of the Week
I've noticed that when I save pages to my IE Favorites, certain sites have unique icons next to them. This is helpful for identifying sites, since I have a lot of bookmarks. But now they are disappearing and being replaced by the standard IE icon. What is happening? Is there any way to keep the unique icons that were originally attached? Is it possible to customize the icon for each bookmark in my Favorites list?
Submitted by:
Marc B. of Covington, Indiana
The unique icons are stored in the TIF (Temporary Internet Files) cache. When you empty the cache, the unique icons are deleted, and the default IE icon automatically replaces them.
Depending on your version of Windows, and the options selected, the TIF can be emptied by:
1. Rebooting or logging off
2. Clicking Internet Options> General >
Delete Files
3. Using third-party software, such as
Webroot's Window Washer...
Submitted by:
Carl G.
For
Carl's
efforts, we're sending him his choice of any
Help.com Learning CD.
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Check out next week's question:
Recently I have noticed that each time I boot my system, the operating system (Windows XP Pro SP2) runs ScanDisk on my D: drive, stating that the computer did not shut down properly, which is not true. The system then runs a full ScanDisk on drive D: and gives an error-free report. Then after that, each time I boot, it runs ScanDisk on my D: drive all over again, finds no errors. Kindly suggest how to get rid of this annoyance. (Intel P4 1.4 GHz, 256MB RD-RAM, 40 GB Seagate Barracuda with equal partition (C: and D:, C: being the primary drive). Thanks in anticipation.
--Submitted by:
Anup J.of West Bengal, India
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