Can't change Start Menu icons for Office 2000 shortcuts in XP?

[Ant]

Hi. How come I cannot change the icons in Start Menu for Office 2000
shortcuts? "Change Icon..." button is greyed out. I noticed the target
box does not show the typical .exe.

Thank you in advance.
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[Edward]

Hi, Phillip.

If you hit Start and select any programme - not the Primaries - you can
right click the Start shortcut, select Properties and change the icon from
there.

Ed

 

[Ant]

What did you mean by programme and primaries? I did right click on Start
Menu, highlight an Office 2000 shortcut, right click, and click properties.

Hi, Phillip.

If you hit Start and select any programme - not the Primaries - you can
right click the Start shortcut, select Properties and change the icon from
there.

Ed

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[Gary Smith]

Hi. How come I cannot change the icons in Start Menu for Office 2000
shortcuts? "Change Icon..." button is greyed out. I noticed the target
box does not show the typical .exe.

The installer-created shortcuts have some of the usual shortcut functions
disabled. The easiest way to get around this is to locate the program and
create a new shortcut using either "Create a shortcut here" or "Copy"
followed by "Paste shortcut". You can then move the shortcut wherever you
want it and customize it in the usual ways.

 

[Edward]

The Primaries are those shortcuts with an expansion arrow.

I may not have understood you, but what I meant was - for instance
Start/Programs/Microsoft Office, rightclick Word/Properties where you can
change the icon for Word. You do only get a limited choice. Access for
example gives a choice of about 40, others, only one.

Ed

 

[Ant]

The installer-created shortcuts have some of the usual shortcut functions
disabled. The easiest way to get around this is to locate the program and
create a new shortcut using either "Create a shortcut here" or "Copy"
followed by "Paste shortcut". You can then move the shortcut wherever you
want it and customize it in the usual ways.

Thanks. I was wondering why the shortcut properties looked odd.
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[Ant]

The Primaries are those shortcuts with an expansion arrow.
Ah!


I may not have understood you, but what I meant was - for instance
Start/Programs/Microsoft Office, rightclick Word/Properties where you can
change the icon for Word. You do only get a limited choice. Access for
example gives a choice of about 40, others, only one.

Ed, Gary Smith explained the problem well. I guess I will have to find
the shortcuts manually and copy them.
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it's because they can get in the carpool lane and pass up that line."
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[Ant]

Hi. How come I cannot change the icons in Start Menu for Office 2000

Thanks. I was wondering why the shortcut properties looked odd.

Is there any side effects after replacing the original shortcuts? All I
am planning to do is using the EXE files and using custom icons (.ico).
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and pick up their dead friends and carry those around. I'm pretty sure
it's because they can get in the carpool lane and pass up that line."
--Ellen DeGeneres
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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Ant,

The side effect for an individual user by switching
to Windows vs Windows Installer managed shortcuts
are basically that if you do a Detect and Repair
and check the [x] restore my shortcuts, the ones
that would be restored would be the original ones.

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Is there any side effects after replacing the original shortcuts? All I
am planning to do is using the EXE files and using custom icons (.ico). >>
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MS Office System Products MVP

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[Ant]

Thanks Bob. I got new icons and was wanting to replace them. See
http://xp.xicons.com/details/922.html for the pretty icons.

Hi Ant,

The side effect for an individual user by switching
to Windows vs Windows Installer managed shortcuts
are basically that if you do a Detect and Repair
and check the [x] restore my shortcuts, the ones
that would be restored would be the original ones.

=======
Is there any side effects after replacing the original shortcuts? All I
am planning to do is using the EXE files and using custom icons (.ico). >>

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