broken word, excell, powerpoint icon

[HuG]

Hi

Documents created in Word, Excell, Powepoint 2007 that are saved on my
computer, or appear as an
attachment in email, do not show as a Word, Excell, Powerpoint icon. I have
Windows Vista installed, with all the updates.

I normally dont have any problems with openning of those file, but icons are
broken.

In order to solve th eproblem I have checked after right clicking broken
icon the Properties, in the General tab "Change" the application with which
it is associated. I dont see any problems. It seems normal.

How can I solve this problem?

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi

Documents created in Word, Excell, Powepoint 2007 that are saved on
my computer, or appear as an
attachment in email, do not show as a Word, Excell, Powerpoint icon.
I have Windows Vista installed, with all the updates.

I normally dont have any problems with openning of those file, but
icons are broken.

In order to solve th eproblem I have checked after right clicking
broken icon the Properties, in the General tab "Change" the
application with which it is associated. I dont see any problems. It
seems normal.

How can I solve this problem?

Generally, this is a problem with the icon cache, which is stored in a
hidden file.

It may just be scrambled and need to be rebuilt. See
http://forums.techarena.in/vista-help/700390.htm#post2648147 for the steps.

If that doesn't help, you may need to increase the cache's maximum size. Go
to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and download and run
iconcache.vbs from line 121 ("Increase Icon Cache").

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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