I am not real computer savvy, so my mistake is probably-hopefully-obvious.
Then I cut & pasted the icon from my desktop into the icon folder which I just made.įinally, I right-clicked on my desktop, chose "New," "Shortcut," and there's where my problem arose, because, as stated, I got the message this message: "The file C:\ %windows%\ Google Translate cannot be found." Next, after going to File Explorer -> This PC -> Windows (C): -> Windows, I made a folder called "Icons." It showed up as expected, and when I checked it by right-clicking on it, then going to "Properties," it showed it as being a '.icon' object, so everything, thus far, looked good. Maybe you could help me, by finding the mistake in my process?Īs you suggested, I went to the 'icon finder' website and located an icon for the 'Google Translate' website that I liked, clicked on "More," then saved it to my desktop as a 'Windows. I tried following your excellent YouTube video as carefully as possible, but must have made some kind of mistake, because, when I tried to make the shortcut and got to the point where I put in the location of the item, it gave me the message, "The file C:\ %windows%\ Google Translate cannot be found." One could look in the Temporary Internet Files Folder for the favicon.ico file but again they may all be the same name. Haven't looked for it lately but there used to be programs one could use to extract and save the favicon.ico files but the issue there was they all have the same name, have to rename each time one is saved or the next will overwrite it. And Win10 doesn't show Properties on the right-click of icons like we're familiar with on Win7 and earlier. I think there is a cache, called something like "shell32.icon" or whatever, which holds icons, but I'm not sure if that's anything I want to mess with, because I'm fully aware that messing with those kinds of files can lead to disastrous results, such as the computer freezing up, the 'blue screen of death,' etc.Īny help would be greatly appreciated.The problem with creating URL shortcuts is the favicon.ico is stored on a Web site, not on the computer like the shortcuts in the Start menu. It's easy to find those websites' favicons, using Google images, and I can then save them onto my desktop, but I don't know how to get them from there onto their relevant shortcuts. I think that you can right-click a shortcut, then choose "Properties," then click on "Change Icon." However, from there, I'm stuck, because it offers me the option of browsing to the icon I want, but I don't know how to get to any favicon that I might want.
Is there a way to change these desktop icons to the various websites' favicons, making them easier to see/read/use? This makes the whole group appear as a monolithic bunch of icons that all look the same and not so easy to read. however, they all have Edge's standard blue icons. I put about ten shortcuts onto my desktop, such as ones for eBay, Google, Amazon, etc.
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