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can i stop firefox from changing a sites favicon to the default firefox one?

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firenice
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when i am on a website and drag the address onto the desktop the sites favicon always changes to the default firefox one. how can i prevent, i surely dont want all the sites to have the same favicon. thank you

when i am on a website and drag the address onto the desktop the sites favicon always changes to the default firefox one. how can i prevent, i surely dont want all the sites to have the same favicon. thank you

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cor-el
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If you drag a link or favicon on the left end of the location bar onto the desktop to create an internet shortcut 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".