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Favicons not showing in home content shortcuts

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Firefox only shows favicons in the shortcuts for the pre-installed sites. All new sites do not get favicons, just the stylized first letter of the domain.

Firefox only shows favicons in the shortcuts for the pre-installed sites. All new sites do not get favicons, just the stylized first letter of the domain.
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I deleted favicons.sqlite and favicons.sqlite-wal, restarted Firefox and now it is adding favicons to the home content shortcuts.

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I deleted favicons.sqlite and favicons.sqlite-wal, restarted Firefox and now it is adding favicons to the home content shortcuts.