I installed Word on a computer that came with Word Perfect. I then
uninstalled Word Perfect. My Word files saved in Wordpad. I was able to
change that to save them as Word (thanks to this forum) but the icon still
shows as the Wordpad icon not the normal Word icon.
How do I change the icon to the standard Word icon?
Thanks.
James

At the Start | Run prompt, type

winword /r

and press Enter. Note that there is a space before the forward slash. This
will reregister Word (reestablish its "ownership" of the .doc and .dot file
types in the Windows Registry) and should restore the correct icon.

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"James" wrote in message
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I installed Word on a computer that came with Word Perfect. I then
uninstalled Word Perfect. My Word files saved in Wordpad. I was able to
change that to save them as Word (thanks to this forum) but the icon still
shows as the Wordpad icon not the normal Word icon.
How do I change the icon to the standard Word icon?
Thanks.
James

James wrote:
I installed Word on a computer that came with Word Perfect. I then
uninstalled Word Perfect. My Word files saved in Wordpad. I was able
to change that to save them as Word (thanks to this forum) but the
icon still shows as the Wordpad icon not the normal Word icon.
How do I change the icon to the standard Word icon?
Thanks.
James

This is really a general Windows thing, not specifically for Word...

In Windows Explorer, select Tools Folder Options File Types. Scroll down
the list and select the DOC extension. Click the Advanced button.

In the dialog that opens, click the Change Icon button at the top right.
This opens another dialog; click the Browse button at the bottom.

Now you get a box like the File Open dialog. Navigate to the folder
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10 (or whatever version of Office
you have), select the file WinWord.exe, and click the Open button.

Back in the Change Icon dialog, select the icon you want to use from the 10
or so shown in the box, and click OK.

Click OK in the remaining two dialogs. That should do it...

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org