I installed Office Professional Edition 2003 and the "Windows" icon is
displayed instead of the Word icon for MS Word documents. This happens for
newly created documents on 2003 and also for documents that were created in
MS Word 2000. All other document icons; Excel, Publisher, Power Point and
Access display properly. I ran the "Detect and Repair" utlility in Word,
with no success in solving the problem and also right clicked and indicated
that documents of that type be opened with "Microsoft Office Word",

If you have enountered this problem and found a remedy, please let me know.

Thanks for your help.

Harry

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Harry" wrote in message
...
I installed Office Professional Edition 2003 and the "Windows" icon is
displayed instead of the Word icon for MS Word documents. This happens
for
newly created documents on 2003 and also for documents that were created
in
MS Word 2000. All other document icons; Excel, Publisher, Power Point and
Access display properly. I ran the "Detect and Repair" utlility in Word,
with no success in solving the problem and also right clicked and
indicated
that documents of that type be opened with "Microsoft Office Word",

If you have enountered this problem and found a remedy, please let me
know.

Thanks for your help.

Harry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Harry" wrote in message
...
I installed Office Professional Edition 2003 and the "Windows" icon is
displayed instead of the Word icon for MS Word documents. This happens
for
newly created documents on 2003 and also for documents that were created
in
MS Word 2000. All other document icons; Excel, Publisher, Power Point and
Access display properly. I ran the "Detect and Repair" utlility in Word,
with no success in solving the problem and also right clicked and
indicated
that documents of that type be opened with "Microsoft Office Word",

If you have enountered this problem and found a remedy, please let me
know.

Thanks for your help.

Harry

Suzanne,

Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I just tried your
suggestion--unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.

I don't know if this might be a factor but I'm usning Windows 2000
Professional.

Harry

What, exactly did you do? The solution posted on that page solves the
problem you describe.


--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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"Harry" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Harry" wrote in message
...
I installed Office Professional Edition 2003 and the "Windows" icon is
displayed instead of the Word icon for MS Word documents. This happens
for
newly created documents on 2003 and also for documents that were
created
in
MS Word 2000. All other document icons; Excel, Publisher, Power Point
and
Access display properly. I ran the "Detect and Repair" utlility in
Word,
with no success in solving the problem and also right clicked and
indicated
that documents of that type be opened with "Microsoft Office Word",

If you have enountered this problem and found a remedy, please let me
know.

Thanks for your help.

Harry

Suzanne,

Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I just tried your
suggestion--unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.

I don't know if this might be a factor but I'm usning Windows 2000
Professional.

Harry

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

What, exactly did you do? The solution posted on that page solves the
problem you describe.


--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
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"Harry" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Harry" wrote in message
...
I installed Office Professional Edition 2003 and the "Windows" icon is
displayed instead of the Word icon for MS Word documents. This happens
for
newly created documents on 2003 and also for documents that were
created
in
MS Word 2000. All other document icons; Excel, Publisher, Power Point
and
Access display properly. I ran the "Detect and Repair" utlility in
Word,
with no success in solving the problem and also right clicked and
indicated
that documents of that type be opened with "Microsoft Office Word",

If you have enountered this problem and found a remedy, please let me
know.

Thanks for your help.

Harry

Suzanne,

Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I just tried your
suggestion--unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.

I don't know if this might be a factor but I'm usning Windows 2000
Professional.

Harry


Charles,

I clicked on the link presented by Suzanne and found the following
information:
-------------
How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files

Article contributed by Cindy Meister Cindy's web site

If you find that Word files do not open in the desired version of Word when
you double-click them in Windows Explorer, or that when opening them from the
Desktop or Explorer, a series of messages appear claiming that the file
cannot be opened, such as:

€œCannot open C:\My€�
€œCannot open "Documents\The€�
€œCannot open "Test.doc"€�

... you need to re-register Word. To fix the problem:
Word 97 and above

1. Click Start | Run (bottom- left corner of your screen).
2. In the €œOpen€œ box, type:

winword /r

and press Enter. Note that there is a space before the forward slash
---------

I followed the instructions exactly, pressed "enter" and the following
happened:

1) Windows installer opened
2) A new window opened with the message: "Please wait while Windows
configures Office Professional Edition 2003"
3) That process ended and the MS Word icon were still not displaying
4) I rebooted the system hoping that was necessary--but still no change.
5) After receiving your message I've repeated the process twice.

Please note that the files open in Word 2003, the task bar icon is displayed
properly, and the short-cut on the task bar also displays properly.

Thanks for the interest, Charles.

Harry

It could be that the icon cache in Windows is full. I forget how to enlarge
the cache - try asking in a Windows forum or search Google.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Harry wrote:
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

What, exactly did you do? The solution posted on that page solves the
problem you describe.


--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
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"Harry" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Harry" wrote in message
...
I installed Office Professional Edition 2003 and the "Windows"
icon is displayed instead of the Word icon for MS Word documents.
This happens for newly created documents on 2003 and also for
documents that were created
in
MS Word 2000. All other document icons; Excel, Publisher, Power
Point and
Access display properly. I ran the "Detect and Repair" utlility
in Word,
with no success in solving the problem and also right clicked and
indicated that documents of that type be opened with "Microsoft
Office Word",

If you have enountered this problem and found a remedy, please
let me know.

Thanks for your help.

Harry

Suzanne,

Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I just tried your
suggestion--unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.

I don't know if this might be a factor but I'm usning Windows 2000
Professional.

Harry


Charles,

I clicked on the link presented by Suzanne and found the following
information:
-------------
How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files

Article contributed by Cindy Meister Cindy's web site

If you find that Word files do not open in the desired version of
Word when you double-click them in Windows Explorer, or that when
opening them from the Desktop or Explorer, a series of messages
appear claiming that the file cannot be opened, such as:

"Cannot open C:\My"
"Cannot open "Documents\The"
"Cannot open "Test.doc""

.. you need to re-register Word. To fix the problem:
Word 97 and above

1. Click Start | Run (bottom- left corner of your screen).
2. In the "Open" box, type:

winword /r

and press Enter. Note that there is a space before the forward
slash ---------

I followed the instructions exactly, pressed "enter" and the following
happened:

1) Windows installer opened
2) A new window opened with the message: "Please wait while Windows
configures Office Professional Edition 2003"
3) That process ended and the MS Word icon were still not displaying
4) I rebooted the system hoping that was necessary--but still no
change. 5) After receiving your message I've repeated the process
twice.

Please note that the files open in Word 2003, the task bar icon is
displayed properly, and the short-cut on the task bar also displays
properly.

Thanks for the interest, Charles.

Harry

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

It could be that the icon cache in Windows is full. I forget how to enlarge
the cache - try asking in a Windows forum or search Google.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Harry wrote:
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

What, exactly did you do? The solution posted on that page solves the
problem you describe.


--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
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"Harry" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Harry" wrote in message
...
I installed Office Professional Edition 2003 and the "Windows"
icon is displayed instead of the Word icon for MS Word documents.
This happens for newly created documents on 2003 and also for
documents that were created
in
MS Word 2000. All other document icons; Excel, Publisher, Power
Point and
Access display properly. I ran the "Detect and Repair" utlility
in Word,
with no success in solving the problem and also right clicked and
indicated that documents of that type be opened with "Microsoft
Office Word",

If you have enountered this problem and found a remedy, please
let me know.

Thanks for your help.

Harry

Suzanne,

Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I just tried your
suggestion--unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.

I don't know if this might be a factor but I'm usning Windows 2000
Professional.

Harry


Charles,

I clicked on the link presented by Suzanne and found the following
information:
-------------
How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files

Article contributed by Cindy Meister Cindy's web site

If you find that Word files do not open in the desired version of
Word when you double-click them in Windows Explorer, or that when
opening them from the Desktop or Explorer, a series of messages
appear claiming that the file cannot be opened, such as:

"Cannot open C:\My"
"Cannot open "Documents\The"
"Cannot open "Test.doc""

.. you need to re-register Word. To fix the problem:
Word 97 and above

1. Click Start | Run (bottom- left corner of your screen).
2. In the "Open" box, type:

winword /r

and press Enter. Note that there is a space before the forward
slash ---------

I followed the instructions exactly, pressed "enter" and the following
happened:

1) Windows installer opened
2) A new window opened with the message: "Please wait while Windows
configures Office Professional Edition 2003"
3) That process ended and the MS Word icon were still not displaying
4) I rebooted the system hoping that was necessary--but still no
change. 5) After receiving your message I've repeated the process
twice.

Please note that the files open in Word 2003, the task bar icon is
displayed properly, and the short-cut on the task bar also displays
properly.

Thanks for the interest, Charles.

Harry


Graham,

Thanks for the interest. I'll see if I can determine a way to do that.

Harry

"Harry" wrote:



"Graham Mayor" wrote:

It could be that the icon cache in Windows is full. I forget how to enlarge
the cache - try asking in a Windows forum or search Google.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Harry wrote:
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

What, exactly did you do? The solution posted on that page solves the
problem you describe.


--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"Harry" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Harry" wrote in message
...
I installed Office Professional Edition 2003 and the "Windows"
icon is displayed instead of the Word icon for MS Word documents.
This happens for newly created documents on 2003 and also for
documents that were created
in
MS Word 2000. All other document icons; Excel, Publisher, Power
Point and
Access display properly. I ran the "Detect and Repair" utlility
in Word,
with no success in solving the problem and also right clicked and
indicated that documents of that type be opened with "Microsoft
Office Word",

If you have enountered this problem and found a remedy, please
let me know.

Thanks for your help.

Harry

Suzanne,

Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I just tried your
suggestion--unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.

I don't know if this might be a factor but I'm usning Windows 2000
Professional.

Harry


Charles,

I clicked on the link presented by Suzanne and found the following
information:
-------------
How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files

Article contributed by Cindy Meister Cindy's web site

If you find that Word files do not open in the desired version of
Word when you double-click them in Windows Explorer, or that when
opening them from the Desktop or Explorer, a series of messages
appear claiming that the file cannot be opened, such as:

"Cannot open C:\My"
"Cannot open "Documents\The"
"Cannot open "Test.doc""

.. you need to re-register Word. To fix the problem:
Word 97 and above

1. Click Start | Run (bottom- left corner of your screen).
2. In the "Open" box, type:

winword /r

and press Enter. Note that there is a space before the forward
slash ---------

I followed the instructions exactly, pressed "enter" and the following
happened:

1) Windows installer opened
2) A new window opened with the message: "Please wait while Windows
configures Office Professional Edition 2003"
3) That process ended and the MS Word icon were still not displaying
4) I rebooted the system hoping that was necessary--but still no
change. 5) After receiving your message I've repeated the process
twice.

Please note that the files open in Word 2003, the task bar icon is
displayed properly, and the short-cut on the task bar also displays
properly.

Thanks for the interest, Charles.

Harry


Graham,

Thanks for the interest. I'll see if I can determine a way to do that.

Harry


Suzanne, Charles, and Graham:

Someone in Windows discussion group figured it out.

Evidently during the installation of Office Professional 2003 the way files
with doc extensions were "customized". Maybe "messed up" would be a better
word. Anyway, a fella named Bob I suggisted I go to "Folder Options" in the
control panel, select "DOC" extensions under the "File Types" tab, then
select "Advanced". When I selected the "DOC" file types it said that they
had been customized. I clicked the "Restore to Default" option and my icons
reappeared.

Thanks to all of you for your help.

Harry

The thing is that reregistering Word should have overridden these
"customizations."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Harry" wrote in message
...


"Harry" wrote:



"Graham Mayor" wrote:

It could be that the icon cache in Windows is full. I forget how to
enlarge
the cache - try asking in a Windows forum or search Google.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Harry wrote:
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

What, exactly did you do? The solution posted on that page solves
the
problem you describe.


--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
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"Harry" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Harry" wrote in message
...
I installed Office Professional Edition 2003 and the "Windows"
icon is displayed instead of the Word icon for MS Word
documents.
This happens for newly created documents on 2003 and also for
documents that were created
in
MS Word 2000. All other document icons; Excel, Publisher, Power
Point and
Access display properly. I ran the "Detect and Repair" utlility
in Word,
with no success in solving the problem and also right clicked
and
indicated that documents of that type be opened with "Microsoft
Office Word",

If you have enountered this problem and found a remedy, please
let me know.

Thanks for your help.

Harry

Suzanne,

Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I just tried your
suggestion--unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.

I don't know if this might be a factor but I'm usning Windows 2000
Professional.

Harry


Charles,

I clicked on the link presented by Suzanne and found the following
information:
-------------
How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files

Article contributed by Cindy Meister Cindy's web site

If you find that Word files do not open in the desired version of
Word when you double-click them in Windows Explorer, or that when
opening them from the Desktop or Explorer, a series of messages
appear claiming that the file cannot be opened, such as:

"Cannot open C:\My"
"Cannot open "Documents\The"
"Cannot open "Test.doc""

.. you need to re-register Word. To fix the problem:
Word 97 and above

1. Click Start | Run (bottom- left corner of your screen).
2. In the "Open" box, type:

winword /r

and press Enter. Note that there is a space before the forward
slash ---------

I followed the instructions exactly, pressed "enter" and the
following
happened:

1) Windows installer opened
2) A new window opened with the message: "Please wait while Windows
configures Office Professional Edition 2003"
3) That process ended and the MS Word icon were still not displaying
4) I rebooted the system hoping that was necessary--but still no
change. 5) After receiving your message I've repeated the process
twice.

Please note that the files open in Word 2003, the task bar icon is
displayed properly, and the short-cut on the task bar also displays
properly.

Thanks for the interest, Charles.

Harry


Graham,

Thanks for the interest. I'll see if I can determine a way to do that.

Harry


Suzanne, Charles, and Graham:

Someone in Windows discussion group figured it out.

Evidently during the installation of Office Professional 2003 the way
files
with doc extensions were "customized". Maybe "messed up" would be a
better
word. Anyway, a fella named Bob I suggisted I go to "Folder Options" in
the
control panel, select "DOC" extensions under the "File Types" tab, then
select "Advanced". When I selected the "DOC" file types it said that they
had been customized. I clicked the "Restore to Default" option and my
icons
reappeared.

Thanks to all of you for your help.

Harry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The thing is that reregistering Word should have overridden these
"customizations."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Harry" wrote in message
...


"Harry" wrote:



"Graham Mayor" wrote:

It could be that the icon cache in Windows is full. I forget how to
enlarge
the cache - try asking in a Windows forum or search Google.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Harry wrote:
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

What, exactly did you do? The solution posted on that page solves
the
problem you describe.


--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"Harry" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Harry" wrote in message
...
I installed Office Professional Edition 2003 and the "Windows"
icon is displayed instead of the Word icon for MS Word
documents.
This happens for newly created documents on 2003 and also for
documents that were created
in
MS Word 2000. All other document icons; Excel, Publisher, Power
Point and
Access display properly. I ran the "Detect and Repair" utlility
in Word,
with no success in solving the problem and also right clicked
and
indicated that documents of that type be opened with "Microsoft
Office Word",

If you have enountered this problem and found a remedy, please
let me know.

Thanks for your help.

Harry

Suzanne,

Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I just tried your
suggestion--unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.

I don't know if this might be a factor but I'm usning Windows 2000
Professional.

Harry


Charles,

I clicked on the link presented by Suzanne and found the following
information:
-------------
How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files

Article contributed by Cindy Meister Cindy's web site

If you find that Word files do not open in the desired version of
Word when you double-click them in Windows Explorer, or that when
opening them from the Desktop or Explorer, a series of messages
appear claiming that the file cannot be opened, such as:

"Cannot open C:\My"
"Cannot open "Documents\The"
"Cannot open "Test.doc""

.. you need to re-register Word. To fix the problem:
Word 97 and above

1. Click Start | Run (bottom- left corner of your screen).
2. In the "Open" box, type:

winword /r

and press Enter. Note that there is a space before the forward
slash ---------

I followed the instructions exactly, pressed "enter" and the
following
happened:

1) Windows installer opened
2) A new window opened with the message: "Please wait while Windows
configures Office Professional Edition 2003"
3) That process ended and the MS Word icon were still not displaying
4) I rebooted the system hoping that was necessary--but still no
change. 5) After receiving your message I've repeated the process
twice.

Please note that the files open in Word 2003, the task bar icon is
displayed properly, and the short-cut on the task bar also displays
properly.

Thanks for the interest, Charles.

Harry


Graham,

Thanks for the interest. I'll see if I can determine a way to do that.

Harry


Suzanne, Charles, and Graham:

Someone in Windows discussion group figured it out.

Evidently during the installation of Office Professional 2003 the way
files
with doc extensions were "customized". Maybe "messed up" would be a
better
word. Anyway, a fella named Bob I suggisted I go to "Folder Options" in
the
control panel, select "DOC" extensions under the "File Types" tab, then
select "Advanced". When I selected the "DOC" file types it said that they
had been customized. I clicked the "Restore to Default" option and my
icons
reappeared.

Thanks to all of you for your help.

Harry

Suzanne,

If there's a gremlin in a computer system--it usually taps me on the
shoulder. Your suggestion probably would have worked for most people.

Thanks again.

Harry

Did you put a space before the /r?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.


"Harry" wrote in message
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

What, exactly did you do? The solution posted on that page solves the
problem you describe.


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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

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"Harry" wrote in message
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I installed Office Professional Edition 2003 and the "Windows" icon
is
displayed instead of the Word icon for MS Word documents. This
happens
for
newly created documents on 2003 and also for documents that were
created
in
MS Word 2000. All other document icons; Excel, Publisher, Power
Point
and
Access display properly. I ran the "Detect and Repair" utlility in
Word,
with no success in solving the problem and also right clicked and
indicated
that documents of that type be opened with "Microsoft Office Word",

If you have enountered this problem and found a remedy, please let
me
know.

Thanks for your help.

Harry

Suzanne,

Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I just tried your
suggestion--unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.

I don't know if this might be a factor but I'm usning Windows 2000
Professional.

Harry


Charles,

I clicked on the link presented by Suzanne and found the following
information:
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How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files

Article contributed by Cindy Meister Cindy's web site

If you find that Word files do not open in the desired version of Word
when
you double-click them in Windows Explorer, or that when opening them from
the
Desktop or Explorer, a series of messages appear claiming that the file
cannot be opened, such as:

"Cannot open C:\My"
"Cannot open "Documents\The"
"Cannot open "Test.doc""

.. you need to re-register Word. To fix the problem:
Word 97 and above

1. Click Start | Run (bottom- left corner of your screen).
2. In the "Open" box, type:

winword /r

and press Enter. Note that there is a space before the forward slash
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I followed the instructions exactly, pressed "enter" and the following
happened:

1) Windows installer opened
2) A new window opened with the message: "Please wait while Windows
configures Office Professional Edition 2003"
3) That process ended and the MS Word icon were still not displaying
4) I rebooted the system hoping that was necessary--but still no change.
5) After receiving your message I've repeated the process twice.

Please note that the files open in Word 2003, the task bar icon is
displayed
properly, and the short-cut on the task bar also displays properly.

Thanks for the interest, Charles.

Harry