.Docx files are not showing word icon but only white plain icon (Windows 10)

Anonymous
2018-01-27T12:53:51+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2021-06-11T18:20:44+00:00

    What I did and it worked for me was: I opened Windows 10 settings -> Apps -> Default Apps -> Set defaults by app -> Word. Clicked Manage. On the list, I looked for .docx and clicked on the Word icon. When they asked to choose the app, I clicked Word again and Voila!.

    Rgds,

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-09T09:32:46+00:00

    This works for me too.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-01T06:36:04+00:00

    I can confirm that this worked perfectly as described for me too!
    After the registry update, I also had to use Wordpad as default and then go back to use Microsoft Word as default. 
    I use Office 365. 
    Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-03-19T17:07:07+00:00

    Thank you very much, it worked.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-03-10T21:09:34+00:00

    This! Took me 5 minutes to complete and I have my Word icon back for .docx files. Thanks for sharing.

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