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
    2010-03-05T17:32:40+00:00

    I have had this problem and noticed that there was an windows 7 update the previous night. I restored my computer to the previous day and the icons reappeared, but I do not want to restore every night. It seems to be something that happens during the update. It happens to the Office icons, itunes, corel but not to mozilla which I probably use the most, and not icons that I rarely use. This is most annoying

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-01-27T02:41:56+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

    This did not work and should not be regarded as the answer to the problem.

    Thanks,

    Tony

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-01-27T02:40:42+00:00

    I just repaired Office and that fixed it for me.  It occurred after rearranging my start menu.

    OS: Win7 32bit

    App:  MS Office 2010 (14)

    This did not work and should not be regarded as the answer.

    Thanks,

    Tony

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-01-27T02:39:29+00:00

    This did not work and should not be regarded as the solution to the answer.

    Thanks,

    Tony

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