Office 2003 - No Microsoft Word icon on .docs in Vista -- shows a blank page

[aeroguy]

I installed Office 2003 on Vista Home Premium and while Excel and Powerpoint each have the correct icons, Word documents show up as a blank white page. I was wondering if there was a way to associate the correct icon with Word documents.

Here's a picture of what I'm seeing.

And before you suggest Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types tab, let me first tell you that this does not exist in Windows Vista.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: aeroguy

And before you suggest Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types tab, let me first tell you that this does not exist in Windows Vista.

Yes, it does (hit alt to show menus).
Or, you can go to Start> Default Programs>Associate a File Type...

 

[aeroguy]

Originally posted by: loup garou

Originally posted by: aeroguy

And before you suggest Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types tab, let me first tell you that this does not exist in Windows Vista.

Yes, it does (hit alt to show menus).
Or, you can go to Start> Default Programs>Associate a File Type...

Thanks for the alt tip, you can also get there from Organize -> Folder and Search Options, but what I meant was that there is no File Types tab in Vista.

Anyway, the Default Programs -> Associate a File Type was what I was looking for, but that didn't help. It's correctly associated with WINWORD.EXE, but the icon is still missing.

Here's a screenshot of the .doc "Associate a File Type" screen

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Same thing happened to me with 2003 after I installed Vista SP1. I ran the Repair option in Control Panel/Programs and Features and that fixed the problem.

 

[aeroguy]

Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
Same thing happened to me with 2003 after I installed Vista SP1. I ran the Repair option in Control Panel/Programs and Features and that fixed the problem.

Thank you! Solved the problem easy as pie!