How to clear IE's favicon cache?

i have a favorite icon defined for my web-site:

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:

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
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