This works for me too.
.Docx files are not showing word icon but only white plain icon (Windows 10)
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Anonymous
There is no problem in the process of opening of the files in word. it is just not showing the icon.
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Anonymous
2019-09-02T05:44:41+00:00 This worked for me. Thanks!
Mine 'NO WORD ICON SYNDROME' happened when I installed Office ProPlus. I also upgraded my Visio and Project to 2019.
It not only turned the Word files white but also grayed out links to many Microsoft products.
When I try to change default icon the only option I get is Word selection.
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Anonymous
2018-10-09T08:14:59+00:00 Hi, thanks a lot for your suggestion. In the meantime the problem seemed to fix itself....there were some updates and when I started up the next day all the icons were there, but for sure it was not because I did something specific or found a magical fix etc. Cheers for taking the time.
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Anonymous
2018-01-28T20:46:45+00:00 Thank you for your patience on this one. Were you able to try the option one from the link?
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