Can anyone help? Why does word not display the 'w' icon but al other office
programs do?

I am having the exact same problem. I tried what someone suggested which was
to re-register Word (run "winword /r") but that didn't do anything. For some
reason .doc files or Word files are the only ones that don't have to neat
looking Office style icon. It just stays the same old wordpad icon. HELP
PLEASE!

"Gibbyfk4" wrote:

Can anyone help? Why does word not display the 'w' icon but al other office
programs do?

One more thing I noticed. When I select a .doc file in Windows Explorer the
info at the bottom of the screen says "Type: Wordpad Document
Author:......" and so on. So it seems that even though Word will open when I
double-click on the file it is somehow still not registered correctly.
Thanks for any help.

"Aaron219" wrote:

I am having the exact same problem. I tried what someone suggested which was
to re-register Word (run "winword /r") but that didn't do anything. For some
reason .doc files or Word files are the only ones that don't have to neat
looking Office style icon. It just stays the same old wordpad icon. HELP
PLEASE!

"Gibbyfk4" wrote:

Can anyone help? Why does word not display the 'w' icon but al other office
programs do?

Re-registering Word should have fixed its file associations (try it again
then reboot), but if it hasn't, right click a document in Windows Explorer
and select Open With and choose Word. Check the box to always open with
Word. If that doesn't fix it, you will have to edit the DOC file association
from Explorer - tools folder options file types doc.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Aaron219 wrote:
One more thing I noticed. When I select a .doc file in Windows
Explorer the info at the bottom of the screen says "Type: Wordpad
Document
Author:......" and so on. So it seems that even though Word will
open when I double-click on the file it is somehow still not
registered correctly. Thanks for any help.

"Aaron219" wrote:

I am having the exact same problem. I tried what someone suggested
which was to re-register Word (run "winword /r") but that didn't do
anything. For some reason .doc files or Word files are the only
ones that don't have to neat looking Office style icon. It just
stays the same old wordpad icon. HELP PLEASE!

"Gibbyfk4" wrote:

Can anyone help? Why does word not display the 'w' icon but al
other office programs do?

Doing it again didn't work. I've even tried completely reinstalling Office.
I've also already tried the two methods you suggested below. It's
interesting because when I edit the DOC file association from Explorer it
shows the Word icon next to the DOC file type and if I restore it back to
Wordpad it changes back to the Wordpad icon. Then, as I'm doing this the
Explorer window flashes as if it is refreshing to update the new icon, but
nothing actually changes. It's as if the Word icon doesn't exist or is
somehow confused with the Wordpad icon. Is there any way to directly control
the icon that is diplayed for a certain application so I can change it
manually? And if so, where can I find the Word icon to change it to? Thanks.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Re-registering Word should have fixed its file associations (try it again
then reboot), but if it hasn't, right click a document in Windows Explorer
and select Open With and choose Word. Check the box to always open with
Word. If that doesn't fix it, you will have to edit the DOC file association
from Explorer - tools folder options file types doc.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Aaron219 wrote:
One more thing I noticed. When I select a .doc file in Windows
Explorer the info at the bottom of the screen says "Type: Wordpad
Document
Author:......" and so on. So it seems that even though Word will
open when I double-click on the file it is somehow still not
registered correctly. Thanks for any help.

"Aaron219" wrote:

I am having the exact same problem. I tried what someone suggested
which was to re-register Word (run "winword /r") but that didn't do
anything. For some reason .doc files or Word files are the only
ones that don't have to neat looking Office style icon. It just
stays the same old wordpad icon. HELP PLEASE!

"Gibbyfk4" wrote:

Can anyone help? Why does word not display the 'w' icon but al
other office programs do?

You can change the icon from the Explorer tools folder options file
types advanced dialog. The Word icon is in the Winword.exe file.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Aaron219 wrote:
Doing it again didn't work. I've even tried completely reinstalling
Office. I've also already tried the two methods you suggested below.
It's interesting because when I edit the DOC file association from
Explorer it shows the Word icon next to the DOC file type and if I
restore it back to Wordpad it changes back to the Wordpad icon.
Then, as I'm doing this the Explorer window flashes as if it is
refreshing to update the new icon, but nothing actually changes.
It's as if the Word icon doesn't exist or is somehow confused with
the Wordpad icon. Is there any way to directly control the icon that
is diplayed for a certain application so I can change it manually?
And if so, where can I find the Word icon to change it to? Thanks.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Re-registering Word should have fixed its file associations (try it
again then reboot), but if it hasn't, right click a document in
Windows Explorer and select Open With and choose Word. Check the box
to always open with Word. If that doesn't fix it, you will have to
edit the DOC file association from Explorer - tools folder options
file types doc.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Aaron219 wrote:
One more thing I noticed. When I select a .doc file in Windows
Explorer the info at the bottom of the screen says "Type: Wordpad
Document
Author:......" and so on. So it seems that even though Word will
open when I double-click on the file it is somehow still not
registered correctly. Thanks for any help.

"Aaron219" wrote:

I am having the exact same problem. I tried what someone suggested
which was to re-register Word (run "winword /r") but that didn't do
anything. For some reason .doc files or Word files are the only
ones that don't have to neat looking Office style icon. It just
stays the same old wordpad icon. HELP PLEASE!

"Gibbyfk4" wrote:

Can anyone help? Why does word not display the 'w' icon but al
other office programs do?

Thank you so much. However, when I went to change the icon it didn't give me
the "advanced" button at first. I first had to "restore" the file type back
to its original program (wordpad), then change the icon with the now
available "advanced" button, and then change the program association back to
Word. Thanks for your help.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

You can change the icon from the Explorer tools folder options file
types advanced dialog. The Word icon is in the Winword.exe file.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Aaron219 wrote:
Doing it again didn't work. I've even tried completely reinstalling
Office. I've also already tried the two methods you suggested below.
It's interesting because when I edit the DOC file association from
Explorer it shows the Word icon next to the DOC file type and if I
restore it back to Wordpad it changes back to the Wordpad icon.
Then, as I'm doing this the Explorer window flashes as if it is
refreshing to update the new icon, but nothing actually changes.
It's as if the Word icon doesn't exist or is somehow confused with
the Wordpad icon. Is there any way to directly control the icon that
is diplayed for a certain application so I can change it manually?
And if so, where can I find the Word icon to change it to? Thanks.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Re-registering Word should have fixed its file associations (try it
again then reboot), but if it hasn't, right click a document in
Windows Explorer and select Open With and choose Word. Check the box
to always open with Word. If that doesn't fix it, you will have to
edit the DOC file association from Explorer - tools folder options
file types doc.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Aaron219 wrote:
One more thing I noticed. When I select a .doc file in Windows
Explorer the info at the bottom of the screen says "Type: Wordpad
Document
Author:......" and so on. So it seems that even though Word will
open when I double-click on the file it is somehow still not
registered correctly. Thanks for any help.

"Aaron219" wrote:

I am having the exact same problem. I tried what someone suggested
which was to re-register Word (run "winword /r") but that didn't do
anything. For some reason .doc files or Word files are the only
ones that don't have to neat looking Office style icon. It just
stays the same old wordpad icon. HELP PLEASE!

"Gibbyfk4" wrote:

Can anyone help? Why does word not display the 'w' icon but al
other office programs do?