How to create a url-icon in the browser?

Hello!

I got a task where I need to create the html-code to show an icon in the adress-field in the browser.

The browser we use is IE 6 (yes old I know).

I have tried
<link REL="SHORTCUT ICON" href="/images/a_icon.ico">

...and also just put a favicon.ico in the web-root.

How ever this works fine with fire fox, but the browser target for me is IE 6.

In IE 6 I just get the IE-icon both on a shortcut and in the adress-field.

How ever I'm pretty sure that IE 6 support this beacuse when I access my localhost jboss I get the jboss icon in the adress-feild and if I save it as a shortcut.

I just guess I do something wrong.

If any got any ideas please let me know!

Best regards
Fredrik