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Word documents display wrong icon

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by dana803

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The file associations are correct. The Word files show the Word icon until an IE or Acrobat Reader file is opened, then they show one of those icons until the computer is rebooted again..............?????????

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by dklippert

Try re-registering your program with something like:

"c:\program files\microsoft office\office\msword.exe" /regserver
If that doesn't work look at :

http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_ai.html

It's a free program that, among other things, cleans out the icon cache.

Good luck

by kloran-[thrawn34

Uninstall all 3 programs then reinstall in this order..

IE, Acrobat, Word.

If that doesnt work, go into windows explorer and bring up the file types window. Change the icon for the .doc (word files) there. Even if it is what it should be, go in and actually change it, although you are just replacing the current one with itself.

I have had that happen all the time with Starcraft maps thinking they are ICQ contact UIN files. I had to install ICQ first then StarCraft after so it would have the file associations that it should.

by dana803

Whether this works or not, I don't know, but thank you. The user decided she'd live with it and didn't want to deal with trying anything anymore. She probably has a new computer by now, too.

by karma1

This isn't a fix...

If you hit F5 to refresh, your icons should return to their proper icons. Don't know why this happens, but hey... A simple keystroke won't kill ya... :D

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