Icons on desktop not showing is not association programs in Windows 7

My office files (Word, Excel etc) suddenly appear only as white icons in Windows Explorer. Other files (for example, PDF etc.) were also white, but I managed to take back them to their original icon. Any ideas how I can get Office files to display appropriate icons?

Hi 0011mark,

I'm sorry if this is redundant, but have you tried to create a new user account to see if the problem persists?  It is possible that this is a corrupt user profile:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

I hope this helps!

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