Try these.
Method 1.
Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Program Options (Program means the name of the program such as Word).
In the Navigation Pane, click Resources. Click Diagnose. Click Continue. Click Start Diagnostics. Let the tool finish then click close.
Method 2.
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click Programs, and then click Uninstall a Program.
Click the name of the Microsoft Office Edition 2007 you want to change, and then click Change.
Click Repair, and then click Continue.
You may need the Office CD for this.
I tried your first method and for some reason it said I didn't have the correct permissions even though I am the only user on this system lol
Second method, I will be trying in just a bit.
how about posting a screenshot of where these shortcuts are. i get this if i try to drag certain shortcuts to nexus dock. i endup having to go through the nexus preferences and point to the item i want as a shortcut on the dock. i am sure there are plenty of programs that if you try to create a shortcut in the wrong manner for it will behave like this.
Screenshots will be posted, but a lot of the documents are saves directly from the application to their respective folders. And the applications are all pinned to the start menu or taskbar.
two things i am not seeing here.
1. try repairing the icon cache.
2. did you create the desktop icons for the office programs then move the original icons from their location?
3. same thing with the word docs as in 2.
even though you should be able to send any item in your start menus programs group as a shortcut to the desktop, then rearrange the the start menu without effecting the desktop shortcuts some times the desktop icon(s) will get corrupted. i still want to see the screenshot i asked for.
Repair/rebuilding icon cache has been suggested before and I've tried it several times
. Also, again none of the files have been moved from their original locations.
EFT,
You might see if uninstalling and reinstalling the program as Newbie posted earlier may be able to hopefully restore them.
This happens to me once in a while, but only if I delete an icon from the desktop that was installed automaticly during a software install. If you want to uninstall the program you have to get everything associated with it out of the registry or the icon will always look the same ( a blank looking piece of paper )
This is something someone new to computing should never attempt.
Nope, usually I don't have desktop shortcuts installed.
This is a rather weird problem. Never encountered that before. Is there any chance a virus, malware, or any malicious file be doing this?
Try a AV scan. Preferably MSE.
Usually the cause is from deleting a desktop icon, even though it is usually only a shortcut, it messes with the exe icon.
Case in point... After downloading Adobe reader it puts an icon on the desktop. Nobody wants that on their desktop so you delete it, and sometimes, not all the time it messes up the icon. There is an easy way to fix it but I am not a great command line person, never was.
Again, usually don't have shortcuts put on desktop during the installation process.
EFT,
You might see if uninstalling and reinstalling the program as Newbie posted earlier may be able to hopefully restore them.
I will be trying this one later also if a repair of office doesn't work.
This is a rather weird problem. Never encountered that before. Is there any chance a virus, malware, or any malicious file be doing this?
Try a AV scan. Preferably MSE.
I'll make sure to try that out ASAP also, but first, MSE?
EFT,
You might see if uninstalling and reinstalling the program as Newbie posted earlier may be able to hopefully restore them.
This happens to me once in a while, but only if I delete an icon from the desktop that was installed automaticly during a software install. If you want to uninstall the program you have to get everything associated with it out of the registry or the icon will always look the same ( a blank looking piece of paper )
This is something someone new to computing should never attempt.
Using CCleaner, you can do this. Doesn't take a genius to figure out on how to clean up the registry with CCleaner. If you want to be sure, when you clean up the registry, it will ask you before to back-up if any errors do occur. I do that all the time, even though I don't need it.
Just used CCleaner to clean up my reg and everythings the same
Try this instead:
- Right click on the icon and goto properties.
- On the Shortcut tab click Change Icon.
- Most likely the icon will be on the next screen. If it is highlight it and click o.k.
- If it is not, browse to that program directory and usually you will find the icon for that program in that folder. Ex: If you want to associate the Excel icon, you would goto C
rogram Files\MicroSoft Office\Office 12\excel icon.
Try that and see if it changes it.
Another question is this. If you install a new program, one you don't have currently, does it not have the right program icon?
The change icon button is greyed out, which I think shouldn't be. Umm, I'm not sure I'll make sure to try that one out.
more screenshots:
1 - word doc downloaded on firefox directly to desktop
2 - list of my documents in explorer (all office suite documents)
3 - a bunch of items in the All Programs section of start menu having the same problem
4 - taskbar, last item where the icon isn't showing up is steam
