Windows 7 - Desktop icons i drag to desktop work but look ugly

I've looked around, no one else seems to be having this problem.

I created shortcut icons for Word and the icons work fine but look like broken shortcuts. Most ppl suggest right click-properties-change icon. I do that and there are NO different options to choose from. Its a blank box.



This is a pic SIMILAR to my situation. The Opera icon is what I get with my Word 03 and Word 2010 icons. They both looked the way they should BEFORE I clicked on them the first time. But since then, they still work but just look awful.

I have a 32-bit win 7 if that matters. ANY help would be great!

here you are: klyk!
hope I helped

Thanks!

Turns out that when I did my fresh install of Win 7, it didn't install correctly. I had problems with other things as well like that cool click and drag 2 windows so you can view them side by side...

SO, after all that, I had to reinstall Windows all together. Then, it worked just fine!

I'm glad that it worked out for you.

The first and second time was it an upgrade or clean install?