MSOXMLED.exe???

[George Hester]

I installed Microsoft Office 2003 Enterprise and FrontPage 2003 Professional. Now my xml icon is all messed up AND Windows Explorer is NOT using its Default Icon from the registry. What it is showing is a STOP Windows Executable icon.

Also I have a place in the registry here:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\shell\edit\command

Which is showing this:

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE11\MSOXMLED.EXE" /verb edit "%1"

as the default for the edit command. What the heck is this MSOXMLED.exe? Where is that obtained? Why is Microsoft Office 2003 installing a call to an executable that DOES NOT EXIST?

This is likely why I have a bogus icon for xml files that WILL NOT CHANGE in the normal fashion. What are we guniea pigs for new Microsoft products? Isn't that the definition of Beta testers? Is Microsoft Office 2003 out of Beta or not?

Windows 2000 Server SP3 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 Microsoft Office 2003.

 

[George Hester]

Oh this file is in the Common Shared area. MSOXMLED.exe. I double-clicked on it. Nothing. No error. No nothing. It does not even exist in running processes.

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George Hester
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I installed Microsoft Office 2003 Enterprise and FrontPage 2003 Professional. Now my xml icon is all messed up AND Windows Explorer is NOT using its Default Icon from the registry. What it is showing is a STOP Windows Executable icon.

Also I have a place in the registry here:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\shell\edit\command

Which is showing this:

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE11\MSOXMLED.EXE" /verb edit "%1"

as the default for the edit command. What the heck is this MSOXMLED.exe? Where is that obtained? Why is Microsoft Office 2003 installing a call to an executable that DOES NOT EXIST?

This is likely why I have a bogus icon for xml files that WILL NOT CHANGE in the normal fashion. What are we guniea pigs for new Microsoft products? Isn't that the definition of Beta testers? Is Microsoft Office 2003 out of Beta or not?

Windows 2000 Server SP3 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 Microsoft Office 2003.

 

[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

MSOXMLED.exe is a helper application, installed by Office2003, which
determines which Office application a given XML file should be opened with.

If you don't want to use Office to edit XML, simply re-register your
previous XML editor as the default handling application.

If you choose Detect and Repair on the Frontpage menu, it should replace the
missing file.

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Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


I installed Microsoft Office 2003 Enterprise and FrontPage 2003
Professional. Now my xml icon is all messed up AND Windows Explorer is NOT
using its Default Icon from the registry. What it is showing is a STOP
Windows Executable icon.

Also I have a place in the registry here:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\shell\edit\command

Which is showing this:

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE11\MSOXMLED.EXE" /verb
edit "%1"

as the default for the edit command. What the heck is this MSOXMLED.exe?
Where is that obtained? Why is Microsoft Office 2003 installing a call to
an executable that DOES NOT EXIST?

Windows 2000 Server SP3 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 Microsoft Office
2003.

 

[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

This file will not do anything and will immediately exit unless you pass it
an XML file as a parameter.

--
Thanks,

Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Oh this file is in the Common Shared area. MSOXMLED.exe. I double-clicked
on it. Nothing. No error. No nothing. It does not even exist in running
processes.

--
George Hester
__________________________________
I installed Microsoft Office 2003 Enterprise and FrontPage 2003
Professional. Now my xml icon is all messed up AND Windows Explorer is NOT
using its Default Icon from the registry. What it is showing is a STOP
Windows Executable icon.

Also I have a place in the registry here:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\shell\edit\command

Which is showing this:

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE11\MSOXMLED.EXE" /verb
edit "%1"

as the default for the edit command. What the heck is this MSOXMLED.exe?
Where is that obtained? Why is Microsoft Office 2003 installing a call to
an executable that DOES NOT EXIST?

This is likely why I have a bogus icon for xml files that WILL NOT CHANGE in
the normal fashion. What are we guniea pigs for new Microsoft products?
Isn't that the definition of Beta testers? Is Microsoft Office 2003 out of
Beta or not?

Windows 2000 Server SP3 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 Microsoft Office
2003.

 

[George Hester]

I'll have to try that.

The icon problem was a corrupted shelliconcache which was fixed by Display properties raise and lower the size of icons.

Thanks for the information on this file.