Office 2007, broken icons

czollers

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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?
 

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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++
 

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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?
 

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Dell Precision M90
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Windows 7 Pro 32bit
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Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory
4Gig
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia Quadro FX 2500m
Sound Card
SigmaTel high definiton audio codec

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