My address bar favicon works in Firefox but not in IE

Does IE even display favicons?

IE does, yes – but it’s a little trickier. Try putting this in your header:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo get_settings('siteurl'); ?>favicon.ico" />
<script type="text/javascript">
da_image = new Image();
da_image.src="favicon.ico";
</script>

https://favicon.com/ie.html

IE does display them but if I remember right..you have to actually bookmark (er, add to favorites) the site for it to grab it. And it sometimes forgets them…

Thanks guys,
the technical solution was for once something I could actually deal with:
“In Internet Explorer, click the icon in the address bar. Hold down the button and move the icon a tiny bit to the right and let go. Try this two or three times. Usually that is all you need to do!”
Why isn’t everything like this?

because everything isnt as simple as a favico ?? .. and your welcome

doodlebee: That javascript trick struck me as a good idea, but I can’t seem to get it to work properly. Is there any other trick to it? Do I need the right sized icon (16×16 or 32×32) in the ICO file?

I hate IE.