Office 2007, broken icons

[czollers]

hi gang-

i have win7 pro 32bit installed from scratch with a pak license. i installed office enterprise suite 2007 and immediately noticed that the icons didn't display. i couldn't reinstall or repair, and an uninstall broke office altogether. after much fussing andf no luck, i reinstalled the OS and the problem persists. seems ok at first, but then teh icons for the program apps & files began showing as the default "no file type" image again. i'm not positive, but i think it might be related to pinning the apps or app folder from the programs list to the start menu or taskbar.

anyway, i manually fixed the program icons with only mild annoyance, but the actual file icons are still broken. browsing a folder full to the brim with various office files is way painier in my butt when they don't have distinctive icons... =[

and its more than just office, i experience the same woes with roxio, itunes, & more.

any ideas anyone?

 

[zigzag3143]

hi gang-

i have win7 pro 32bit installed from scratch with a pak license. i installed office enterprise suite 2007 and immediately noticed that the icons didn't display. i couldn't reinstall or repair, and an uninstall broke office altogether. after much fussing andf no luck, i reinstalled the OS and the problem persists. seems ok at first, but then teh icons for the program apps & files began showing as the default "no file type" image again. i'm not positive, but i think it might be related to pinning the apps or app folder from the programs list to the start menu or taskbar.

anyway, i manually fixed the program icons with only mild annoyance, but the actual file icons are still broken. browsing a folder full to the brim with various office files is way painier in my butt when they don't have distinctive icons... =[

and its more than just office, i experience the same woes with roxio, itunes, & more.

any ideas anyone?

Hi and welcome

Yep. Just delete the iconcache so it will rebuild. Same instructions here Windows XP Icon Cache work in win 7 as well

Ken J++

 

[czollers]

hi zig,

thanks for the quick reply. i actually saw that suggestion on another forum, but after i saw yours i tried agai, & no luck. my program icons are all now working, since i manually re-created them as shortcuts from hte .exe's for each respectively. but if i browse my company network for a file, i still just see a sea of generic icons for all office files, regardless of type. =[

any more thoughts?

 

[WindowsStar]

Your icons are most likely missing because they were stored in:

C:\Windows\Installer\{GUID}

If a software deletes these folders icons will be missing.

See my posts in: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/51078-microsoft-icons.html#post474320

I added a ZIP file with the Icons for Office 2007 in the above Thread.