Icon issue (W98)

[24giovanni]

Could someone please help me with two issues. When I place a shortcut icon on my desktop, two things some times happens. The first one is, for an example, I place an icon of espn on my desktop, it uses an E as the icon. It will show up on my desktop for about a few days, logging on and off in between, but after that time the icon will appear as if it is the IE icon, as in "e". What can I do to prevent this from happening?

My second issue is when I place a shortcut icon on my desktop it will only open up as a window which is the size of 1/3 of a maximized window, what can I do to open it a maximized window all the time. I've tried maximizing the window then closing out using the close option (x) at the top right hand corner of the window, then opening it again resulting in my original issue.

how do I save a pre-established icon to my hard drive? As an example: the E for Espn, which is created when you set up a short cut icon on a desk top.

[BertImmenschuh]

The problem with the ESPN is probably that the icon exists only as long as you are connected to the 'net and when disconnected returns to the generic Internet Explorer icon and/or it disappears when the Temporary Internet Files are deleted. You may be able to find it in the TIF folder while connected to the site.

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[report_2]

Re: "My second issue"

You should be able to right click on the shortcut and select Properties.

In the Properties dialog box you can select the window size in the 'Run' drop down box.

[report_2]

To go a little further with BertImmenschuh's explanation.

Go to the TIF folder, find the icon (favicon), right click on it and select 'Copy'.

Paste the favicon into any folder such as My Documents or 'Icons'.

Then right click on the ESPN shortcut and select Properties and then click the Change Icon button.
Browse to where you stored the favicon and select it.