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Cant change bookmark icon

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shadowsx17
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basically what i have been trying to do is change the bookmark icon on my desktop for a web-link the link is for Air Droid ( i also have the Firefox addon on my phone) to transfer files but the icon is quite bad and easy to miss a white icon with a green paper airplane i have tried for multiple hours if you have any knowledge on the subject you can tell me please do share

basically what i have been trying to do is change the bookmark icon on my desktop for a web-link the link is for Air Droid ( i also have the Firefox addon on my phone) to transfer files but the icon is quite bad and easy to miss a white icon with a green paper airplane i have tried for multiple hours if you have any knowledge on the subject you can tell me please do share

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If you don't already have an icon to use, save this one to your computer http://www.iconarchive.com/download/i.../Apps-Airdroid.ico

  1. Right click on the Bookmark Icon
  2. Click Properties
  3. Click on the Web Document tab
  4. Click on Change Icon...
  5. Select the icon file from where you saved it
  6. Click OK
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curtisa
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Chosen Solution

If you don't already have an icon to use, save this one to your computer http://www.iconarchive.com/download/i.../Apps-Airdroid.ico

  1. Right click on the Bookmark Icon
  2. Click Properties
  3. Click on the Web Document tab
  4. Click on Change Icon...
  5. Select the icon file from where you saved it
  6. Click OK
cor-el
cor-el
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You will have to set an icon yourself to an shortcut on the desktop in the Properties via the right-click context menu if the current icon isn't distinctive enough.

You can toggle the browser.shell.shortcutFavicons pref to see if that makes Firefox use the favicon for a desktop shortcut You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.

shadowsx17
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thank you both this really helped alot and i got it working thank you :)