All office icons are set to default/generic

[Meshman]

I have Office 2007 installed under Windows 7. All the icons for every app
are this generic icon... hard to describe. Here's the odd thing... if I go
into Default Programs and file associations, all the office icons in the list
for extensions like .doc are broken yet if I click on .doc, the header of the
window shows the proper Word icon.

How do I get the proper icons to show up for Office documents? (this isn't
just word, it's everything Office; access, outlook, etc)

Thanks!

(Actually, it's not just that. My skype client shows up on the taskbar with
a broken icon yet it's fine everywhere else)

 

[Meshman]

If anyone cares, my system is low on memory and Windows is dumbing down the
icons.

 

[Bob I]

Thank you for posting back with your discovery. We trust you will be
upgrading the memory in the afflicted PC to resolve the problem.

 

[Ray - VPC Rookie]

Same problem here, but No memory issues (6GB RAM w/77% free).
Office 2007 and 2003 installed. ONLY 2007 has the icon issue.
Windows 7 x64 factory installed

only additional note is that the icons were fine post install. This
occurred after I ran windows update to get office updates shortly after that.

 

[mmclau]

I have the same problem, all Office 2007 icons are generic. I have 6 gigs of
RAM, so no issues there. Mine changed after the Windows 7 Update as well.
Does anyone have any suggestions?