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Old 12-30-2019, 10:21 PM
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Two days ago for reasons I can't explain all of my Office docs icons changed to the following "folders". I would like to know how I can change the icons back to the normal/default look.

I've attached a screenshot to illustrate what they currently look like.




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Old 12-31-2019, 07:00 PM
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Try a quick repair of Office.
Click Modify.
You will need your installation disk.
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Old 01-01-2020, 11:04 PM
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I have attempted to run the program you suggested but unfortunately nothing has changed.

Thanks again for trying.
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Have you tried starting the installation program for Office, as Charles suggested?
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Old 01-02-2020, 04:23 PM
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I have tried everything that has been suggested so far.
After looking over my previous posts here I have realized that I didn't mention the version of Office I'm using which is 2003 so I don't know if that has anything to do with it?
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Old 01-02-2020, 04:44 PM
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Office 2003 is in your profile.
Do you have the installation disk?


With Word, you could follow the instructions here:
My docs open in the wrong program! Re-registering Word using the commandline.
There are similar commands for the other programs. I do not know that it will help but it will not hurt.



It has been 10 years since I had a computer with Windows 8. Sorry.


When you double-click on an icon for a Word document (that looks like a folder) what happens?
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I did a Google search for "Windows 8 icon association" and found the following:
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Hi Charles
I appreciate all of your help and time. I did follow up on every suggestion/link that you sent and nothing is working!

You asked me what happens when I double-click on a word document. Interestingly, it opens in Word like it should. The frustration is that the doc icons resemble folders which is what is driving me batty. I have hundreds of folders that now look like directories and I have to scan carefully for the one file I need.

I'm going to remove Word completely and all traces of it and reinstall it. If I can get my hands on a more recent version then I'll do that. In the meantime it looks like I just have to work with what I have until I can fix this mess.


Thanks again.


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