> So, my question is: is there a way to get WinHTTrack
> to detect a 404 link and to say to itself 'hm, there
> is already an image stored on the hard drive for
> this link, if I overwrite it with the 404, the image
> won't be included in the thread, so I should just
> ignore this 404 and keep the old image)?
Humm, no. The update process is always trying to match the remote state,
including deletions/additions. But I get the idea, which might be added in the
future.