Icons not visible

[Yash]

Hi,

I have Win XP Professional on my PC. Since the past few weeks some
icons related to some applications such as Excel, Word, etc. do not
appear against the associated files. For instance if I have an Excel
file, the Excel icon does not appear when it is listed in the
explorer. Instead, it shows the generic icon, the one that appears for
an unknown format. The file does open properly in Excel though.

I don't remember exactly what I had done before this started
happening. The antivirus s/w is running fine.

Is there a way to fix this without reinstalling the OS?
Is it possible to repair the OS to fix this problem?

Thanks,
Yash

 

[David Webb]

You might try the Ico File Association fix found here:

http://www.dougknox.com/

Click on WinXP Fixes > File Association Fixes > scroll down to Ico File
Association Fix.

These are registry tweaks/corrections

Good luck!.