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dragging website icon onto desktop shows firefox icon instead of webesites icon. How do I make it show websites icon

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imkeith
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When I open up the Firefox browser and go to a web page icon and drag the web page icon onto my desk top the icon is a Firefox icon and not the web page icon. How do I set the setting to have it show the web page icon on the my desktop instead of the Firefox icon.

When I open up the Firefox browser and go to a web page icon and drag the web page icon onto my desk top the icon is a Firefox icon and not the web page icon. How do I set the setting to have it show the web page icon on the my desktop instead of the Firefox icon.

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cor-el
cor-el
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You can drag the favicon on the left end of the location bar onto the desktop to create a shortcut.
If you create an internet shortcut that way then that shortcut gets the icon of the default browser.
If you want a different icon (favicon) then you have to assign that icon yourself to the desktop shortcut (right-click: Properties).
You can usually get the favicon if you append "favicon.ico" to the main domain of a website (e.g. http://www.mozilla.com/favicon.ico ) to display the favicon in a tab and save that image to a folder or see if you can find it in "Tools > Page Info > Media".

kimhackl
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That's f------ stupid. I want to click and drag and have my website icon. How unbelievable that Firefox can't manage this. What a bunch of idiots.