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favicon not displaying in FF or chrome

I am redesigning a website for a client, and the favicon does not display in firefox or chrome, but does  display in MSIE.
A current page of the new site is http://www.beadedanimals.net/test.asp
the favicon is called favicon.ico, is located in the root, and there are also two lines of code to identify it:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>
<link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>

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Any ideas why this does not appear and how to get it to appear?

Thank you.
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Your favicon should be a 16x16 .ico file.

Place the icon in the root directory of your site.

Link with:  <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
Was there a different favicon before - like all things it is cached.
You don't need to specify the location as it will automatically be loaded from the root anyway.
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Thank you for clarifying the situation. The bookmarks in both FF & Chrome display the favicon perfectly, so we are dealing with a browser design feature and not a programming error on my part. I have let my client know that the favicon just won't show up.
You're welcome.  I would prefer that the favicon show in the address bar like it used to but  FF and Chrome have decided otherwise.  I just noticed that they are showing in the tab above the address bar.