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getting icon off desktop link

ie explorer has an option to allow one to save a link on the desktop. When I save the link on the desktop I will usually get a flavicon or icon with the description of the link. How do I get to keep the icon from this type of link file and save it?
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You can use an icon extractor, such as http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iconsext.html

If you want to save the favicon (the icon related to the web page), you can simply download it with your browser. Look for a line that says something like this:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/images/ee.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
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how would I save the icon of an internet link that is on the desktop? If I go to properties and 'change icon' then I don't see the icon in the list .
The favicon is located in the Temporary Internet Files.  Look for it in C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
Hi did you know that your temporary internet folder contains these icons in their own shell, you can copy the favicon icon directly out of there. All images and and traffic is stored here you maybe surprised what you can find in there.
just go to internet options settings  view files look down the list,  for icon or ico from favicon.
you can simplify this by r/clicking the space and sort by file name etc.
Posted at the same time as war1 comment was not there when I posted lol.
it happens. great minds think alike.
No problem Merete!  I do that sometimes also.
PawioA, any update?
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Sorry I was away for one week on vacation. I just got back and found the temporary folder. Which "internet options" do I use? I find folder options in "My computer"
Save the favicon to a folder, so it would not be deleted from Temp Internet Files folder.  Go to properties of the shortcut and 'change icon' then navigate to the folder to add the icon.
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Hmmm. Let me reexplain. In iexplorer there is an option to send link to Desktop. "File\Send\Shortcut to desktop". So when I for instance save this  page I will get the link to this page plus I will get in most cases the icon or favicon for Experts-Exchange, which is what I want. Trouble is many times for no reason the icon will disappear and I will get the generic iexploere icon replacing the experts-exchange icon. Why? I don't know. But I would like to capture this icon and save it so I can use it. I have created icons for some web sites that don't have favicons and these icons are .ico files stored on my hard drive. i have icon software as well as ICON extractor. I would just like to be able to find the original icon that was saved with iexplorer with "File\Send\Shortcut to desktop" option then extract it and save it as an icon file. Would this be possible? Thanks.
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