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thcri

thcri

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I just did a format and reload on my computer. Installed Microsoft Office 2010 and everything is working fine. The Start Icon for Word was right for about a day and now it is just a blank box with Word 2010 next to it. You click on it and the program works fine. It just bugs me that it is the way it is. I checked the properties and when I open that box the proper icon is there. I did a search and found a utility from Microsoft that fixes short cuts and icons and it did not fix this.

Any suggestions?
 
Galvatron

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have you checked your windows updates ...some times a update installs and repairs missing bits and bob's just like you have.
 
joec

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Go to Word's shortcut > Properties > Shortcut then select Change Icon at the bottom. Now locate your Word.exe file and point it at that as it should have the default Icon.
 
thcri

thcri

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joec said:
Go to Word's shortcut > Properties > Shortcut then select Change Icon at the bottom. Now locate your Word.exe file and point it at that as it should have the default Icon.
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Already tried that Joe. The change icon button is gone. Took it to our IT guy and he is stumped on it and has created a case with Microsoft. We even did a reinstall. Excel, Word, Publisher and Power Point is there just not Outlook.
 
joec

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thcri said:
Already tried that Joe. The change icon button is gone. Took it to our IT guy and he is stumped on it and has created a case with Microsoft. We even did a reinstall. Excel, Word, Publisher and Power Point is there just not Outlook.
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You must have Windows 7 then. In that case you will need to actually login in as adminastrator to get to that function on properties.
 
thcri

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joec said:
You must have Windows 7 then. In that case you will need to actually login in as adminastrator to get to that function on properties.
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Yep like I said, right now Microsoft don't even know how to fix it.
 
joec

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thcri said:
Yep like I said, right now Microsoft don't even know how to fix it.
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Yes, I looked earlier today for a fix and no luck finding one. I did find where the exc file is located which Win 7 doesn't want to give up easily. I have a feeling it is between setting the Icon for the program then doing the association between it and the extensions. With that said I'm only a month into Win 7 myself so can't offer much more help.
 
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