I cant get firefox to put a website icon onto my desktop with out it going to generic

i cant get firefox to put a website icon onto my desktop with out it going to generic

Me, too!
My desktop is covered with Firefox logos.
If Microsoft can handle it, then so should Firefox.
Since I drag the website logo, on to the desktop, why does it 'convert' to Firefox?

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