"Youka" <Youka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Aren't favicons supposed to be displayed next to each URL in the IE7
> History
> drop down window?
>
> When I click on the down arrow at the end of the IE7 address bar, all web
> sites that I've visited are displayed, but the favicon for each site has
> been
> replaced by the generic internet explorer blue 'E'.
>
> NOTE: When I type a URL into the IE7 Address Bar, the favicon for the web
> site is displayed properly. It only gets "replaced" in the IE History
> drop
> down window.
>
> Any suggestions, regarding how to fix ??? Or has the IE History drop
> down
> window always displayed sites in this manner -- without the favicon ???
>
> All favicons in my "Favorites" file are fine.

The "favicon.ico" files get deleted when you clear your Temporary Internet
Files cache.

"Youka" <Youka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> In my travels, I also found a nice little cleanup utility called
> IEHistoryX
> at http://www.585soft.com/iehistoryx.asp that (among other things) let's
> you
> delete Typed URLs via a registry edit -- which means that you can cleanup
> the
> URL entries that are displayed in the IE7 Address drop down window on a
> one-by-one basis.

On a one-by-one basis you can right-click the items in the History window,
choose Delete, and press Y to delete. Any items organized by folders can all
be eliminated by right-clicking the particular history sub-folder and
deleting. (Are you sure? Y/N/Duh!

To keep the favicons associated with bookmarks from disappearing when you
clear your Temporary Internet cache:
1. Create a folder such as: C:\WebStuff
2. Open "Temporary Internet files" folder and arrange icons by name, press F
to quickly goto files beginning with the letter F and locate "favicon.ico"
files.
3. One at a time, drag and drop favicon.ico files from that folder to your
WebStuff folder, and then rename as favicon_01.ico, favicon_02.ico, etc.
4. Access your Favorites display in your browser, right-click the bookmark
you want to change, choose Properties, and on the Web Document tab click
Change Icon. Browse to your WebStuff folder, choose the correct
favicon_##.ico file and open, then click OK twice to complete the change.

To access your Temporary Internet files from your browser:
Tools | Internet Options | General | Settings | View Files

(You're welcome.
--Richard