How to find websites shortcut icon image files ???

When we drag/drop a website address/shortcut/icon to the desktop, is there a way to find/get the image/icon file associated with the shortcut ?

 

Thank you for the reply.
Yes, am aware of the properties/change icon process.
What we would like to do is to find the 'logo' image file (jpg, bmp, tif, ico, etc) that is displayed by the website shortcut so we may save it as an ico file in our icons folder and use it with the properties/change icon process for displaying associated folders/files in XP.
Eg, might it be in a specific internet temp folder/file in the XP folder system ?

 

Greetings, akm.

I'm assuming you're referring to the favicon.ico. Probably the simplest way is to save the web page (you'll need to save it as 'Web Page, Complete'), then look in the saved page's parent folder - there should be a favicon listed there.

 

Many websites put the favicon image file in the root/home directory of their web page files on their web server. So, in those cases, you can display the favicon in a separate browser tab by, for example, going to http://www.majorgeeks.com/favicon.ico.

So, try going to the home page and typing favicon.ico after the / and then hit Enter. Of course, if the site put the favicon in a sub-folder on the web server, you would need to know the path to that folder.

 

In addition, you can find the favicon.ico file, by opening up the web shortcut in notepad.

For example, for google:

Code:

[{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
Prop4=31,Google
Prop3=19,2
[{A7AF692E-098D-4C08-A225-D433CA835ED0}]
Prop5=3,0
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.google.com/
IDList=
IconFile=http://www.google.com/favicon.ico
IconIndex=1
[{9F4C2855-9F79-4B39-A8D0-E1D42DE1D5F3}]
Prop5=8,Microsoft.Website.9CB8E698.8730F9E8

You can see that the iconfile is pointing to google.com/favicon.ico
So, essentially, what usafveteran has pointed out is correct.