How can I restore the icon for MS Office 2010 Word?
I am running windows 7 and due to some funny things that have happened with me attempting Ubuntu for a few months I have since lost its MS Office 2010 Word icon and now it appears as the generic icon.
Microsoft Office 2010 is still installed, and is working perfectly fine (including its component: Microsoft Office 2010 Word), what IS wrong is that its icon is missing on Windows 7.
43 Answers
For Windows 7 you can change the program an icon is associated with by:
Start > default programs > Associate a file type or protocol with a program
Scroll down to the icon you want to use, click it. Click Change program and select the program with which you want to associate that icon.
Since you did not do anything specifically to cause this (such as messing with the registry, or the open with dialog) then I think the best option would probably be to do a repair on your installation of Office. Go to the Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features, then select your installation of Office (e.g. Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus), then click on the Change button at the top, select Repair and Continue... This should restore the icon and any missing or corrupted files that may be required by Office.
See the article on for more detail.
In start menu go to Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Tools > Microsoft Office Picture Manager > Help > Detect and Repair check restore my shortcuts while repairing and press Start.
