.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
    2020-12-27T17:54:02+00:00

    Hello.

    At HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12 key , i dont have shellex key. 

    I have onlyshell and inside it , i dont have "IconHandler" key.

    That with Office 2013.

    Thanks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-27T05:27:33+00:00

    I have the same problem and have tried everything and it is driving me insane for weeks

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-22T01:07:20+00:00

    Dear K Tech:

    Thank you so much for responding to my question. I fixed the registry on my computer by following the steps outlined by another respondent, but I'm sure you're solution would have worked as well. All the best.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-07-08T02:00:11+00:00

    i was having an issue with right click new word document wasnt in the menu, and i had white icons on my word documents

    i went here

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/missing-new-word-document-in-right-click-context/629e6228-2dd7-4fb3-a1b6-a075c43166ba#:~:text=Press%20and%20hold%20windows%20key,and%20check%20if%20it%20helps.

    and did the registry fix for the missing menu and it allowed me to right click the file and select open with word and the icons came back.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-06-02T00:55:09+00:00

    Thanks so for posting this solution! I have tried every fix I could find and nothing has worked until now.

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