Office icons associatin

[Wesley]

I was going through my windows folder and was deleting temp. files. I guess
i got over anxious and deleted an important folder. All of my office icons
are displayed as if they are unknown but will open with the correct
appication. This is true for other applications also. Do i need to
reinstall it again and the other ones or is there something i can do to
correct there. I dont have system restore active and i tried the last good
configuration from the boot menu

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you have TweakUI installed, try the repair icons option.

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After furious head scratching, Wesley asked:

| I was going through my windows folder and was deleting temp. files.
| I guess i got over anxious and deleted an important folder. All of
| my office icons are displayed as if they are unknown but will open
| with the correct appication. This is true for other applications
| also. Do i need to reinstall it again and the other ones or is there
| something i can do to correct there. I dont have system restore
| active and i tried the last good configuration from the boot menu

 

[Wesley]

I had tried that before and it didnt work.

I was thinking of something like regserv or something i dont remember what
exactly, you type it from the run command. i know you can use it for
registering files and i was wondering if it could do icon associations

everything that is broken is things that have the shortcuts installed by
themselves but if u look at the properties instead of it showing a path, it
shows the name like Microsoft Office 2003. Also files created by office how
no icon association

Other programs that have the same feature in the shortut do the same also.

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

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thread through and consider all the details...see if this TechTrax
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I had tried that before and it didnt work.

I was thinking of something like regserv or something i dont remember what
exactly, you type it from the run command. i know you can use it for
registering files and i was wondering if it could do icon associations

everything that is broken is things that have the shortcuts installed by
themselves but if u look at the properties instead of it showing a path, it
shows the name like Microsoft Office 2003. Also files created by office how
no icon association

Other programs that have the same feature in the shortut do the same also.

If you have TweakUI installed, try the repair icons option.

--?
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Wesley asked:

| I was going through my windows folder and was deleting temp. files.
| I guess i got over anxious and deleted an important folder. All of
| my office icons are displayed as if they are unknown but will open
| with the correct appication. This is true for other applications
| also. Do i need to reinstall it again and the other ones or is there
| something i can do to correct there. I dont have system restore
| active and i tried the last good configuration from the boot menu