Office icons dissapear in Windows 7

Anonymous
2009-10-22T19:03:52+00:00

why do my Office 07 icons keep disappearing in windows 7?

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Anonymous
2009-11-19T20:30:26+00:00

This has happened to me as well and was corrected by viewing the properties from the desktop folder.  Once I clicked on the change icon button and canceled the action all the icons for the Office 2007 programs and files were restored, including the taskbar pins.

Reinstalling the programs would not fix the problem from happening again IMO, and not an appropriate solution.

Gor

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-03-15T22:20:49+00:00

    I see the same thing, COcompman. As soon as I re-pin it, the icon reverts to something more Win7-looking, but still generic.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-03-22T13:14:32+00:00

    Hello, I am just adding another voice asking for Microsoft to come up with a fix. I have users at my workplace getting very frustrated with this.

    Thank you,

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-03-25T12:38:42+00:00

    Icons will not display if this folder is missing:

    C:\Windows\Installer{90120000-0012-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}

    (or wherever you have installed windows)

    It contains the icon files.

    Copy the folder from another machine and you will be instantly remediated!(at leas I did)

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-04-11T21:52:32+00:00

    Go to the microsoft office installation folder.Typically C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14

    Right click on Winword.exe and select create shortcut. Copy this shortcut to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office

    You will see another shortcut for Word there "Microsoft Word 2010 (Beta)".

    Rename this to something else and now rename your recently copied shortcut to Microsoft Word 2010 (Beta).

    Do this for all the office programs,outlook,powepoint,excel.

    This worked for me.

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