Iconfx or icofx (can't quite recall the name) was open source until recently and there are free versions still around. I think the gimp can make windows icons too.
Joseph On Feb 27, 2014 4:55 PM, "Stephen Price" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok thanks. New can of worms. ;) > > It seems to be working (on a different computer atm) but when I dragged it > to the taskbar (how you can pin a website) it shows a large version of the > default one. I think I need to add those multiple sizes to the ico. If I > edit my current one in VS it shows the small one but not alternate sizes > (like how the default one does...) > > Which leads me to a new question, what's the best (easiest/cheapest) way > to import images into an ico file. Any freebie ICO editors about? I don't > fancy doing it by hand in Visual Studio. Hmm I wonder if VS has an import > image in its editor? Not looked before... > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]>wrote: > >> From memory, if IE fails to find a favicon.ico file in the past, it >> doesn't ask for one again (basically, why generate another request that >> will result in a 404?) Not sure what the "timeout" period is, but if you >> bookmark the site/add to favourites, it makes another request for >> favicon.ico. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Ken >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Price >> *Sent:* Thursday, 27 February 2014 3:19 PM >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* Re: Favicons >> >> >> >> Oh ok... >> >> I cleared the cache. I could see it with Chrome but not IE. Not sure >> what's up with that. Cached somewhere as you say but clearing the cache vis >> F12 dev tool menu didn't seem to help. Maybe need to close browser entirely. >> >> >> >> I added the route then took it out... so not sure if your screenshot was >> with or without. I think I'll add it back in and do some more testing. >> >> >> >> Looking with fiddler, it's not that its failing to download/find the >> favicon.ico file, it looks more like the browser isn't even asking for it. >> (IE11) >> >> >> >> thanks for the help. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Fredericks, Chris < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> It may be local to you, a cached page somewhere. The icon is showing >> in IE11 on my desktop and in IE8 and Chrome 33.0 on my laptop: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
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