Links / Favorites custom icons revert back to default 'e' - why?

When first bookmarking a page in the "Favorites" pull-down menu or "Links" toolbar, often there is a customized icon that is associated with the link. After a brief time however, although sometimes it is a number of days/reboots later - the icon reverts to the default blue "e" over the tiny little blank page with the upper right hand corner folded in. Anyone know why the custom icons vanish?
Thanks!

 

WFC_Exile--Download FavOrg from PC Magazine. The reason for what you describe is that the Icons for Favorites are kept in your Temporary Internet Files. When you delete them (your cache) as part of maintenance, you delete the icons. There are manual ways of connecting the icons to your Favorites permanently, but FavOrg is the easiest.

 

Thanks Jim. I'll give it a try. Glad to see you're back on the recreated board. You've helped me before

 

WFC Exile--I was in a rush when I posted yesterday. Here is the URL to download FavOrg

http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,,s=1478&a=4753,00.asp

As mentioned there also is a manual way to do this (which DON 5408 taught me and which I still use), but most people prefer the automation of FavOrg. See my post of Jan 30 here

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1119&highlight=FavOrg

Nice to hear from you again.
Let us know if everything worked out OK.