Solved Saved web page links on desktop displaying wrong icons

[Melita]

I have saved about a dozen web pages on to my W7 desktop, using drag and drop method. I still continue this practice when I find a web page I like to save. My browser is Firefox. Earlier when I did this, the web page link took up the Firefox icon automatically. Lately, much to my annoyance, these web pages when saved to the desktop are taking up the Notepad icon. How can I persuade Windows to go back to the Firefox icon?

Thank you

 

[Snick]

Hi Melita,

When did your icons change?



My default browser is Firefox & I use it pretty much exclusively.
If I drag and drop the lock in the URL, I get a shortcut link with the icon that appears on the corresponding Firefox tab & the arrow in the lower-left indicating shortcut. (left snippet)

If I press ctrl + s or click the three bars (upper right corner below the red X), and choose Save Page As > Desktop > & save the Firefox Icon is on the saved page. The extension is htm. (right snippet)

Snick

 

[file3456]

This might be a file association issue. Firefox or some other program like Notepad took over the file extension. Do the following.

In the start orb under search begin by typing default programs.

Now in the window go to Associate a file type or program with a specific program.

Scroll down the alphabetical list and find HTM and HTML. Double click on each one and make sure it's associated to Firefox.

 

[Melita]

.......Scroll down the alphabetical list and find HTM and HTML. Double click on each one and make sure it's associated to Firefox.

I did all this and found that Firefox is already associated with HTM and HTML, among other things. For good measure, I changed to associate these with Epic Privacy Browser (which also I use), and changed them back again to Firefox but this did not solve the problem.

Another curious thing; if I drag and drop a web page from Epic browser it immediately takes up the Firefox icon where as the Firefox browser refuse to do it Please see attachments. In the last picture "Wayback Machine" has the icon I used to get earlier, and the other two are the Notepad like icons I am getting now. All three were dragged and dropped from Firefox.

 

[file3456]

In the default programs settings, go to the setting as I said it called, Associate a file type or program with a specific program. And look to make sure that in fact in this setting, not the one you're using for programs, is set to have HTM and HTML open in Firefox.


Instead of dragging and dropping. What happens if you go to File in Firefox and save web page as?

Also, in this Associate a file type or program with a specific program setting, what is the program associated to txt files?

 

[Melita]

Sorry I am not able to find this. I don't have a page that says "Associate a file type or program with a specific program". The attachment shows the only 4 items that I have under Default Programs. The attachments in my previous post are from the first 2 items in this list.

Thank you

 

[Melita]

Update to my earlier post:

Instead of dragging and dropping. What happens if you go to File in Firefox and save web page as?

The icon comes right. Some web pages are OK but most don't display properly (incomplete). Also it creates a folder in addition to the icon, with dozens of small files inside. The URL does not show the web address. It comes out as something like this:

file:///C:/Users/Melita/Desktop/Windows%207%20Help%20Forums.htm

 

[file3456]

That's exactly what's suppose to happen in regards to an additional folder. That folder has all of the java scrip, CSS, images, etc associated to the HTML document you saved. If that folder is not there then elements withen the saved webpage won't render since the folder for those elements are gone. And yes, that path is also correct. In your path posted it means the HTML document is on your desktop.

If the icon is showing right, then we know that Firefox is indeed the default handler of HTML files. Missing elements may mean the folder that accompanies the HTML document doesn't have that. This may mean that the elements came from a third-party CDN (Content Delivery Network) like Amazon Cloudfront. Websites do this to segregate the content spread in an effort to speed up page load times and keep resources to a minimum on their host.

In Firefox go to File and save this webpage right here. Now zip both the HTML document and its folder and upload the zip here. I'll check to see if perhaps you're missing anything.

By the way, why are you saving HTML documents when you can just bookmark the page? There are times where you'd want the HTML document, but in most cases a simple bookmark is all that is needed.

 

[Melita]

This folder with the java script etc will take up extra space on my desk top. That is one more reason to reject this method of saving a web page. However, after deselecting and selecting the items shown on my post#4 and a computer restart, I am getting a different type of icon which is very satisfactory because it has an image in the center that shows the identity of the individual web page, as shown in the attachment. So, I consider my problem as solved.

Thank you

 

[Snick]

Melita

That is a shortcut to the webpage you dragged & dropped with the icon that was on the tab.
That's exactly as mine works, & save as or ctrl + s displays the FF icon and associated info in additional folders.

Snick

 

[Melita]

Melita

That is a shortcut to the webpage you dragged & dropped with the icon that was on the tab.
That's exactly as mine works, & save as or ctrl + s displays the FF icon and associated info in additional folders.

Snick

I always do drag and drop. That way I can put the icon where I want Also, with drag and drop, fortunately, I don't get any additional folders landed on my desktop. Only the icon appears on the desktop.

 

[Snick]

Melita

Yes that is it exactly. Drag & Drop places a shortcut on your desktop!

The save page as & (CTRL + s shortcut) works for offline viewing, that is why the extra data folders appear.

Happy Computing!

Snick

 

[Melita]

Thank you