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New shortcuts all have Moizilla Icon, how to change this?

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Running XP on my netbook, When I create a new desktop shortcut to a web page (such as Amazon) the logos are all the same image, a mozilla logo. How do I allow new shortcut icons to show the correct company logo?

Running XP on my netbook, When I create a new desktop shortcut to a web page (such as Amazon) the logos are all the same image, a mozilla logo. How do I allow new shortcut icons to show the correct company logo?

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If firefox is your default web browser then all html and url links will have a firefox logo on it.

Also see http://www.wikihow.com/Change-or-Create-Desktop-Icons-for-Windows

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There is a Boolean pref browser.shell.shortcutFavicons on the about:config page to control this, but it may not work properly on Windows XP, so this pref is disbled on your platform.

  • bug 828284 - Force shortcut desktop icons off on Windows XP

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