all my icons change to microsoft word... How to change back... I tried the system restore, but could not do it... Please help

Help, please

Weird that system restore does not fix the problem for you, see if the answer over this aid.

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-desktop/all-icons-on-the-desktop-are-now-all-the-same/41d115da-6604-4CCF-AE03-44f9598ada06

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