C
Chuck
Somehow the icon for .doc files in Windows Explorer got changed from the
MS Word icon to the one for WordPad. How do I change it back?
MS Word icon to the one for WordPad. How do I change it back?
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Guest
Chuck, I've never actually done this, but it should work.
Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types > Scroll down and click the
"DOC" extension. Then, click the "Advanced" button and then the "Change Icon"
button. Select the desired icon and click OK.
Curt
Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types > Scroll down and click the
"DOC" extension. Then, click the "Advanced" button and then the "Change Icon"
button. Select the desired icon and click OK.
Curt
C
Chuck
Chuck, I've never actually done this, but it should work.
Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types > Scroll down and click the
"DOC" extension. Then, click the "Advanced" button and then the "Change Icon"
button. Select the desired icon and click OK.
Curt
Went to the File Types and highlighted .DOC. There is no "advanced"
button and the icon shown there is the correct one for MS Word. However
when you look at the file pane in the explorer, it still shows the
wordpad icon.
This all started when I installed a trial version of Alienware's
alienGUIse theme manager which I believe is based on Window Blinds. I
didn't like it and uninstalled it. I am wondering if some component get
left behind.
R
Ramesh, MS-MVP
There is no "advanced" button
Click the "Restore" button once.
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Went to the File Types and highlighted .DOC. There is no "advanced"
button and the icon shown there is the correct one for MS Word. However
when you look at the file pane in the explorer, it still shows the
wordpad icon.
This all started when I installed a trial version of Alienware's
alienGUIse theme manager which I believe is based on Window Blinds. I
didn't like it and uninstalled it. I am wondering if some component get
left behind.
Click the "Restore" button once.
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Chuck, I've never actually done this, but it should work.
Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > File Types > Scroll down and click the
"DOC" extension. Then, click the "Advanced" button and then the "Change Icon"
button. Select the desired icon and click OK.
Curt
Went to the File Types and highlighted .DOC. There is no "advanced"
button and the icon shown there is the correct one for MS Word. However
when you look at the file pane in the explorer, it still shows the
wordpad icon.
This all started when I installed a trial version of Alienware's
alienGUIse theme manager which I believe is based on Window Blinds. I
didn't like it and uninstalled it. I am wondering if some component get
left behind.
C
Chuck
Ramesh said:Click the "Restore" button once.
Now it says the associated app is Wordpad instead of Word and if I
double click a .doc file, it opens in wordpad. I want it to use Word. I
next tried right clicking the file name, and selecting "choose program"
from the context menu and set it to "Microsoft Word". The files open
with MS Word again, but the icon is still wrong.
R
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Open File Types dialog and click the "Restore" button again. Then click the
"Advanced" button and change the "open" action (set it to open with
Winword.exe). Alternately, use the ASSOC command to associate .DOC files
correctly with Microsoft Word.
If you have MS Word 2000 installed, type this command in Start, Run:
cmd /c assoc .doc=Word.Document.8
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Now it says the associated app is Wordpad instead of Word and if I
double click a .doc file, it opens in wordpad. I want it to use Word. I
next tried right clicking the file name, and selecting "choose program"
from the context menu and set it to "Microsoft Word". The files open
with MS Word again, but the icon is still wrong.
"Advanced" button and change the "open" action (set it to open with
Winword.exe). Alternately, use the ASSOC command to associate .DOC files
correctly with Microsoft Word.
If you have MS Word 2000 installed, type this command in Start, Run:
cmd /c assoc .doc=Word.Document.8
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Ramesh said:Click the "Restore" button once.
Now it says the associated app is Wordpad instead of Word and if I
double click a .doc file, it opens in wordpad. I want it to use Word. I
next tried right clicking the file name, and selecting "choose program"
from the context menu and set it to "Microsoft Word". The files open
with MS Word again, but the icon is still wrong.
C
Chuck
Ramesh said:Open File Types dialog and click the "Restore" button again. Then click the
"Advanced" button and change the "open" action (set it to open with
Winword.exe). Alternately, use the ASSOC command to associate .DOC files
correctly with Microsoft Word.
If you have MS Word 2000 installed, type this command in Start, Run:
cmd /c assoc .doc=Word.Document.8
Tried all of the above. It still shows the wordpad icon even though it
opens with WinWord.exe.
R
Ramesh, MS-MVP
FileExtInfo - View the association settings for a file type easily:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
Post the file association information for .DOC files.
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Tried all of the above. It still shows the wordpad icon even though it
opens with WinWord.exe.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
Post the file association information for .DOC files.
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Ramesh said:Open File Types dialog and click the "Restore" button again. Then click
the
"Advanced" button and change the "open" action (set it to open with
Winword.exe). Alternately, use the ASSOC command to associate .DOC files
correctly with Microsoft Word.
If you have MS Word 2000 installed, type this command in Start, Run:
cmd /c assoc .doc=Word.Document.8
Tried all of the above. It still shows the wordpad icon even though it
opens with WinWord.exe.
L
Larry Gardner
1. Right-click on a .doc file
2. Click on Properties
3. Click on Change button
4. Locate Word in the list
5. Click on it and Click OK
2. Click on Properties
3. Click on Change button
4. Locate Word in the list
5. Click on it and Click OK
C
Chuck
Ramesh said:FileExtInfo - View the association settings for a file type easily:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
Post the file association information for .DOC files.
I appreciate all your help with this. Here's the info for .doc files
from FileExtInfo.exe. I think this program may have helped find the
problem. Have a look at this section:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Windows NT\\Accessories\\Wordpad.exe,1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FileExtInfo v1.0 - Log file
6/9/2006 11:28:22 AM
Complete File association information for ---> .DOC
Useful for troubleshooting File association and other problems
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC]
@="Word.Document.8"
"Content Type"="application/msword"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\OpenWithList]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\OpenWithList\WordPad.exe]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\OpenWithProgIDs]
"opendocument.WriterDocument.1"=" "
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\PersistentHandler]
@="{98de59a0-d175-11cd-a7bd-00006b827d94}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\ShellNew]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\Word.Document.6]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\Word.Document.6\ShellNew]
"FileName"="winword.doc"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\Word.Document.8]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\Word.Document.8\ShellNew]
"FileName"="winword8.doc"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\WordDocument]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\WordDocument\ShellNew]
"FileName"="winword2.doc"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\WordPad.Document.1]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\WordPad.Document.1\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8]
@="Microsoft Word Document"
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\AppRegistry]
@="\\Software\\Microsoft\\Office\\10.0\\Word"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\CLSID]
@="{00020906-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Windows NT\\Accessories\\Wordpad.exe,1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\DocObject]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML Handler]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office10\\msohtmed.exe\" %1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML Handler\Icon]
@=".dochtml"
".htm"=".dochtml"
".html"=".dochtml"
".mht"=".docmhtml"
".mhtml"=".docmhtml"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML Handler\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML Handler\shell\edit]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML Handler\shell\edit\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office10\\msohtmed.exe\" /o0 %1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML Handler\shell\PrintWithOptions]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML
Handler\shell\PrintWithOptions\command]
@="\"C:\\PROGRA~1\\MICROS~2\\Office10\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML
Handler\shell\PrintWithOptions\ddeexec]
@="[Dim dlg as
FilePrint][FileOpen(\"%1\")][t=IsDocumentDirty()][GetCurValues dlg][n =
Dialog dlg][if n = -1 then FilePrint dlg][SetDocumentDirty t][DocClose]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML
Handler\shell\PrintWithOptions\ddeexec\Application]
@="WinWord"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML
Handler\shell\PrintWithOptions\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[Dim dlg as FilePrint][FileOpen(\"%1\")][GetCurValues dlg][n = Dialog
dlg][if n = -1 then FilePrint dlg][FileExit 2]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML
Handler\shell\PrintWithOptions\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\Insertable]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing\RequestDataFormats]
@="NoteshNote,NotesDocAction"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing\server]
@="C:\\PROGRA~1\\MICROS~2\\Office10\\WINWORD.EXE"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing\SetDataFormats]
@="NotesDocInfo"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing\Verb]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing\Verb\0]
@="Edit"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell]
@="Open"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New]
@="&New"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office10\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n /f
/dde"
"command"=hex(7):28,00,63,00,70,00,41,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,28,00,\
59,00,52,00,5d,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,57,00,4f,00,52,\
00,44,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,4c,00,26,00,72,00,66,00,55,00,\
6d,00,57,00,2e,00,63,00,47,00,2e,00,65,00,25,00,66,00,49,00,34,00,47,00,7d,\
00,6a,00,64,00,20,00,2f,00,6e,00,20,00,2f,00,66,00,20,00,2f,00,64,00,64,00,\
65,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New\ddeexec]
@="[REM _DDE_Direct][FileNew(\"%1\")]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New\ddeexec\Application]
@="WinWord"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open]
@="&Open"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office10\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n /dde"
"command"=hex(7):28,00,63,00,70,00,41,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,28,00,\
59,00,52,00,5d,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,57,00,4f,00,52,\
00,44,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,4c,00,26,00,72,00,66,00,55,00,\
6d,00,57,00,2e,00,63,00,47,00,2e,00,65,00,25,00,66,00,49,00,34,00,47,00,7d,\
00,6a,00,64,00,20,00,2f,00,6e,00,20,00,2f,00,64,00,64,00,65,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\ddeexec]
@="[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen(\"%1\")]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\ddeexec\Application]
@="WinWord"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print]
@="&Print"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office10\\WINWORD.EXE\" /x /n
/dde"
"command"=hex(7):28,00,63,00,70,00,41,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,28,00,\
59,00,52,00,5d,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,57,00,4f,00,52,\
00,44,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,4c,00,26,00,72,00,66,00,55,00,\
6d,00,57,00,2e,00,63,00,47,00,2e,00,65,00,25,00,66,00,49,00,34,00,47,00,7d,\
00,6a,00,64,00,20,00,2f,00,78,00,20,00,2f,00,6e,00,20,00,2f,00,64,00,64,00,\
65,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec]
@="[REM _DDE_Minimize][FileOpen(\"%1\")][t=IsDocumentDirty()][FilePrint
0][SetDocumentDirty t][DocClose]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec\Application]
@="WinWord"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[FileOpen(\"%1\")][FilePrint 0][FileExit 2]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office10\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n /dde"
"command"=hex(7):28,00,63,00,70,00,41,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,28,00,\
59,00,52,00,5d,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,57,00,4f,00,52,\
00,44,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,4c,00,26,00,72,00,66,00,55,00,\
6d,00,57,00,2e,00,63,00,47,00,2e,00,65,00,25,00,66,00,49,00,34,00,47,00,7d,\
00,6a,00,64,00,20,00,2f,00,6e,00,20,00,2f,00,64,00,64,00,65,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec]
@="[REM _DDE_Minimize][FileOpen(\"%1\")][FilePrintSetup \"%2 on
p\",.DoNotSetAsSysDefault=1][FilePrint 0][DocClose 2][FilePrintSetup \"\"]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec\Application]
@="WinWord"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[FileOpen(\"%1\")][FilePrintSetup \"%2 on
p\",.DoNotSetAsSysDefault=1][FilePrint 0][FileExit 2]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
45,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shellex]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shellex\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{9DBD2C50-62AD-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC]
"Progid"="Word.Document.8"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC\OpenWithList]
"a"="WINWORD.EXE"
"MRUList"="dafecb"
"b"="soffice.exe"
"c"="soffice.BIN"
"d"="thunderbird.exe"
"e"="FIREFOX.EXE"
"f"="WORDPAD.EXE"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC\OpenWithProgids]
"Word.Document.8"=hex(0):
"Wordpad.Document.1"=hex(0):
R
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Yes, that's the key. Open Regedit.exe and navigate to that location.
Set the data as follows:
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}\wordicon.exe,1
If that path is unavailable, then set it as:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\WINWORD.EXE,0
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
I appreciate all your help with this. Here's the info for .doc files
from FileExtInfo.exe. I think this program may have helped find the
problem. Have a look at this section:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Windows NT\\Accessories\\Wordpad.exe,1
Set the data as follows:
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}\wordicon.exe,1
If that path is unavailable, then set it as:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\WINWORD.EXE,0
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
Ramesh said:FileExtInfo - View the association settings for a file type easily:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
Post the file association information for .DOC files.
I appreciate all your help with this. Here's the info for .doc files
from FileExtInfo.exe. I think this program may have helped find the
problem. Have a look at this section:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Windows NT\\Accessories\\Wordpad.exe,1