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Microsoft Internet Explorer introduced the favicon.ico file - an icon that can be associated with a web site (or even a single web page) that replaces IE's default web document icon. (That blue 'e' over a white document.) You can find more information at Favicon.com.

Problem is... It doesn't work particularly well. IE stores the icons in the Temporary Internet Files folder - which means they won't be there forever. Personally, I like having the customized icons in my Favorites list - I want them to stay that way.

I used to use PC Magazine's FavOrg, but I found it had its own problems. I didn't care for the interface, and it didn't handle mis-configured web sites very well.

So, I wrote FavOrg.pl. It automatically finds your Favorites folder, looks for icons for each, saves them to a folder that you specify, and updates your Favorites to use the local icon. Pretty simple, actually - which is why I chose to use perl, and make it open source.

Warning! This utility will re-write all of your Favorites. I use it myself, and find it to be safe. But, if you have third-party software that puts special stuff in your Favorites, it will be lost. If you fall into this category, please send me an email, and I'll try to put out an update. Of course, you can also patch it yourself!

Hopefully, the help output below will be everything you need to understand the usage.

What's New

  • Added support for page-level icons specified by <link> tag.
  • Added support for cookies set during redirect needed for <link> support.

Requirements

  • Internet Explorer, version 5 or up.
  • perl, including LWP, Win32 extensions, and URI. ActivePerl gives you everything you need.

Download

By downloading this software, you agree to the terms listed at the bottom of this page.
favicon_0.2.zip (4kb) v0.2, December 17, 2003

Usage

FavIcon v0.2
Copyright (c) 2003 Rob Kodey, http://www.Kodey.com/software

Usage:
  perl -w favicon.pl <update|reset> [filter]

  update   Normal mode.  Update icon for Favorites matching the filter.
  reset    Reset mode.  Remove local icon settings from Favorites matching the filter.

  filter   Regular expression filter.  Favorites matching the filter will be changed.
           If no filter is specified, all Favorites will be checked.


Last updated:
Dec 17, 2003
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