See if recreating the file associations clears up the problem. Go to
Start/Run and run the following commands:

winword /r
excel /regserver

Note the space before the forward slash.

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

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"Tee" wrote in message
...
When saving excel and word documents, the file type says file with
the
windows icon (which usually means not file association). This is
happening
on two separate PCs. What can it be?
--
Tee