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i have a favorite icon defined for my web-site: <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico"> Any browser that has visted the site after i added the icon can display the favicon fine. But my own browser refuses to show the icon. i've tried every variation of the link i can think of: <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico"> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico"> <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico"> <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico"> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico"> <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico"> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico"> <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico"> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="renamed.ico"> It doesn't matter, Internet Explorer (9) refuses to even try to do a fetch from the server (monitoring from fiddler). i've tried clearing my cache, many times: (gear) -> Internet Options -> General -> Delete -> Temporary Internet Files Alex in this answer believes that favorite icons are cached differently than regular web-content, and don't don't follow regular clearing rules. So the question becomes: How do i clear the Internet Explorer favorite icon cache? See also MSDN: How to Add a Shortcut Icon to a Web Page W

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