While using Windows 7, many times it happens that the office icons disappear when you change them to some generic icons. In this article we will show you how to resolve this problem:
Solution:
1. Get the following system folder from any working machine running Window 7
C:\Windows\Installer\{90120000-0030-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}. It contains the icons.
2. Click on Windows Orb (Start) button.
3. Type “cmd” in the search bar, this will show the command line program.
4. Right click on it and select “Run as Administrator”.
5. Close all the windows before proceeding except the command line window.
6. Enter following commands separately and press enter after each command
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- taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
- CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
- DEL IconCache.db /a
- shutdown /r
Note: %userprofile% is the name of account you have logged on from, just replace %userprofile% with user account name.
Note: Step 1 to 3 are optional. You can try without them and in case it does not work then you should follow them.
After the restart your icons will be back to normal. In case this does not happen, do the following additional steps
7. Go to the location where your office applications such as word, power point, excel etc are installed
8. Right click on associated EXE file
9. Select “Send to Desktop”
10. Then re-pin them to taskbar
