Well, that's interesting. As you've probably gathered, I'm running Vista,
and I do know that if the desktop icons are set to Medium or Large, a
favicon won't show, but rather the "e" is displayed. If set to "Classic"
(the smallest of the three choices), then the favicon is shown. I'm
wondering if, in XP, the View setting for the actual C:\Documents and
Settings\(YOUR USER NAME)\Desktop folder has anything do do with what
Explorer thinks it should display for an icon, at least in terms of IE
Shortcuts, on the Desktop (that is, the interface you boot to). Of course,
this theory is problematic with C:\Documents and Settings\(YOUR USER
NAME)\Desktop having a view of "List" or "Details". Dunno. You are right,
though, the default icon choice in XP is "Tiles', which must be, at least in
terms of pixels, bigger than "Icons".

At any rate, I'm glad your problem is solved, albeit roundabout!


"Youka" wrote in message
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Actually, your suggestion -- or at least a variation of it -- worked
liked a
charm!

I too am running XP (Home Edition) instead of Vista

And even thought there is no "View" option when I right-click on the
Desktop
(and thus no "Classic Icons" option), I simply opened one of my Desktop
Folders, selected "View", and clicked on "Icons" (XP apparently defaults
to
"Tiles", which results in the larger icons that you originally mentioned.

Once this change was made (and while I was still within this same open
Desktop Folder), I then selected "Tools/Folder Options/View/ Apply to All
Folders" to implement the change system-wide.

What I'm seeing appears to be the "Classic Icons" . True ????

Either way, it works for me! Thanks to both of you for your assistance!