Re: Program icons disappeared after moving My Documents

> Hello
>
> The folder option worked only for some file types. The pdf's have been re
> installed and still icons are not recovered.
>
> MS Office would not do anything at all, for now it tells me that the
> PRO11.msi file can not be found even when I browse to the install CD. So I
> can not even perform a re install, repair or uninstall for that matter.
>
> Thanks
> Gabriel
>
> Below is my original post with more detail.....
>
> 1. We had 3 laptops all running MS Office, Adobe etc. with XP Pro SP2
> already before adding them to SBS 20003.
>
> 2. Bought a SBS 2003 standard server.
>
> 3. Added the laptops to the domain through the wizards...and a bit of
> difficulty, and then migrated the My Documents folder to the server as
> well. Some laptops did it automatically through the auto script by re
> logging on, but I also had to do 2 manually by changing the My Documents
> target. Both option had the same result never the less.
>
> 4. Once the My Documents were cached on the laptops, all the file icons
> changed to a plain one, the one where a file can not be associated with
> the program look, you know what I am referring to?
>
> 5. The files still opened with the correct programs, but you could not
> distinguish by looking at the icon what program would open them, be it
> Word, Excel or PDF etc.
>
> 6. Only upon re installing for example Adobe, the file icon showed it is a
> PDF file again.
>
> 7. MS Office would not do anything at all, for now it tells me that the
> PRO11.msi file can not be found even when I browse to the install CD. So I
> can not even perform a re install, repair or uninstall for that matter.
>
> So how can I go about getting back the icons to look like the programs
> they are associated with please.
>
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> "Steven Zhu [MSFT]" <v-> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi Gabriel,
>>
>> Thanks for your email and new information.
>>
>> According the current information please let me know whether you can
>> create
>> the new word or excel file in specific workstation, if so, its means
>> Office
>> program not caused this issue. So I suggest you try the following steps
>> to
>> solve this problem:
>>
>> 1. Open Folder Options in Control Panel.
>>
>> 2. Click File Types, find the DOC Extensions, and make sure the file with
>> extensions 'DOC' is of type 'Microsoft Word Document'.
>>
>> If the issue persists, we may need to reinstall these certain programs to
>> get the icons back.
>>
>> For example, if we repaired the system, the installed WinZip files will
>> lost its icons and you may still be able the open that file. A reinstall
>> of the WinZip will get the icons back.
>>
>> You can use the Office CD to reinstall the office program on your
>> workstation to solve this issue.
>>
>> I hope the above information helps.
>>
>> Have a great day.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Steven Zhu
>> MCSE
>> Microsoft Online Partner Support
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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>
>

Hi there,

I am happy to help, but where are you at?

Regards


Mark Allbutt
MCSE



"Gabriel Viljoen" wrote:

> > Hello
> >
> > The folder option worked only for some file types. The pdf's have been re
> > installed and still icons are not recovered.
> >
> > MS Office would not do anything at all, for now it tells me that the
> > PRO11.msi file can not be found even when I browse to the install CD. So I
> > can not even perform a re install, repair or uninstall for that matter.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Gabriel
> >
> > Below is my original post with more detail.....
> >
> > 1. We had 3 laptops all running MS Office, Adobe etc. with XP Pro SP2
> > already before adding them to SBS 20003.
> >
> > 2. Bought a SBS 2003 standard server.
> >
> > 3. Added the laptops to the domain through the wizards...and a bit of
> > difficulty, and then migrated the My Documents folder to the server as
> > well. Some laptops did it automatically through the auto script by re
> > logging on, but I also had to do 2 manually by changing the My Documents
> > target. Both option had the same result never the less.
> >
> > 4. Once the My Documents were cached on the laptops, all the file icons
> > changed to a plain one, the one where a file can not be associated with
> > the program look, you know what I am referring to?
> >
> > 5. The files still opened with the correct programs, but you could not
> > distinguish by looking at the icon what program would open them, be it
> > Word, Excel or PDF etc.
> >
> > 6. Only upon re installing for example Adobe, the file icon showed it is a
> > PDF file again.
> >
> > 7. MS Office would not do anything at all, for now it tells me that the
> > PRO11.msi file can not be found even when I browse to the install CD. So I
> > can not even perform a re install, repair or uninstall for that matter.
> >
> > So how can I go about getting back the icons to look like the programs
> > they are associated with please.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > "Steven Zhu [MSFT]" <v-> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> Hi Gabriel,
> >>
> >> Thanks for your email and new information.
> >>
> >> According the current information please let me know whether you can
> >> create
> >> the new word or excel file in specific workstation, if so, its means
> >> Office
> >> program not caused this issue. So I suggest you try the following steps
> >> to
> >> solve this problem:
> >>
> >> 1. Open Folder Options in Control Panel.
> >>
> >> 2. Click File Types, find the DOC Extensions, and make sure the file with
> >> extensions 'DOC' is of type 'Microsoft Word Document'.
> >>
> >> If the issue persists, we may need to reinstall these certain programs to
> >> get the icons back.
> >>
> >> For example, if we repaired the system, the installed WinZip files will
> >> lost its icons and you may still be able the open that file. A reinstall
> >> of the WinZip will get the icons back.
> >>
> >> You can use the Office CD to reinstall the office program on your
> >> workstation to solve this issue.
> >>
> >> I hope the above information helps.
> >>
> >> Have a great day.
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >>
> >> Steven Zhu
> >> MCSE
> >> Microsoft Online Partner Support
> >> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
> >> ================================================== ====
> >> PLEASE NOTE the newsgroup SECURE CODE and PASSWORD were
> >> updated on February 14, 2006.? Please complete a re-registration process
> >> by entering the secure code mmpng06 when prompted. Once you have
> >> entered the secure code mmpng06, you will be able to update your profile
> >> and access the partner newsgroups.
> >> ================================================== ====
> >> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
> >> that others may learn and benefit from this issue.
> >> ================================================== ====
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> ================================================== ====
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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