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    • art_of_shredA
      art_of_shred Banned @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller I haven't seen it with my own eyes yet. I am guessing the "page" icon with winword.exe under it.

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      • iroalI
        iroal
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        Find the file IconCache.db in %UserProfile%\Appdata\Local and delete it, make a backup before.

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        • art_of_shredA
          art_of_shred Banned
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          I just found this:

          1. Delete the existing corrupted shortcut from the desktop.
          2. click the Start orb and type winword.exe into the search bar.
          3. You should see winword.exe appear in the top of the white box.
          4. Right-click it and choose Send to >> Desktop (create shortcut)
          5. Right-click that new winword.exe desktop shortcut and Rename it "Microsoft Word 2010".
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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            Going to have to do that machine by machine?

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              Might be best to get a machine to test on and get a look at it directly and see both what is there now and what manual process gets to a fix.

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              • art_of_shredA
                art_of_shred Banned
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                I am testing on a local win7 machine here.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  Okay

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                  • gjacobseG
                    gjacobse
                    last edited by

                    Pretty sure it appears such as this.

                    It's not a Shortcut, but the actual document itself. Instead of showing as a W for Word, it just shows DOCX

                    0_1450199154782_2015-12-15 11_54_53-Photos.png

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      Oh, I would have guessed that that was what it should have looked like.

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                      • IRJI
                        IRJ @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        Oh, I would have guessed that that was what it should have looked like.

                        The default is the big W

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                        • IRJI
                          IRJ
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                          @gjacobse According to what is shown in this youtube video, that is a wordpad icon

                          Youtube Video

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                          • gjacobseG
                            gjacobse @IRJ
                            last edited by

                            @IRJ said:

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            Oh, I would have guessed that that was what it should have looked like.

                            The default is the big W

                            Normal Word Document Icon:

                            0_1450199802018_2015-12-15 12_15_46-Documents.png

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                            • gjacobseG
                              gjacobse @IRJ
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                              @IRJ said:

                              @gjacobse According to what is shown in this youtube video, that is a wordpad icon

                              Will try that.

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                              • brianlittlejohnB
                                brianlittlejohn @IRJ
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                                The one in the video looks like the Word 2010 icon.

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                                • IRJI
                                  IRJ @brianlittlejohn
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                                  @brianlittlejohn said:

                                  The one in the video looks like the Word 2010 icon.

                                  Yep, that's what I have. This icon thing is pretty trivial in the grand scheme of things. I wonder if this customer is going to freak out when every release of Office using a different icon.

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                                  • Minion QueenM
                                    Minion Queen Banned @IRJ
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                                    @IRJ Yes the answer is yes.....

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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch @Minion Queen
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                                      @Minion-Queen said:

                                      @IRJ Yes the answer is yes.....

                                      Yes and always and forever.

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                                      • art_of_shredA
                                        art_of_shred Banned @JaredBusch
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                                        @JaredBusch said:

                                        @Minion-Queen said:

                                        @IRJ Yes the answer is yes.....

                                        Yes and always and forever.

                                        Freaking customers...

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                                        • dafyreD
                                          dafyre @art_of_shred
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                                          @art_of_shred said:

                                          @JaredBusch said:

                                          @Minion-Queen said:

                                          @IRJ Yes the answer is yes.....

                                          Yes and always and forever.

                                          Freaking customers...

                                          Can't live with them... totally broke without them.

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender @Minion Queen
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                                            @Minion-Queen said:

                                            @IRJ Yes the answer is yes.....

                                            Sigh!

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