Office 2003 desktop icons

[Dave L]

The new Office 2003 icons do not 'stick' on my desktop.
The old Office 2000 icons appear instead. I can force them
to appear by using the TWEAKUI reair icons feature, but
they change back after log out and log in. I'm sure it is
a registry setting, but I haven't been able to discover it
yet. It happens in all logons. The icons
in 'quicklaunch'and start menu appear correctly.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Try using Detect and Repair and elect to reinstall all shortcuts when you
do.

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Dave L <[email protected]> asked:

| The new Office 2003 icons do not 'stick' on my desktop.
| The old Office 2000 icons appear instead. I can force them
| to appear by using the TWEAKUI reair icons feature, but
| they change back after log out and log in. I'm sure it is
| a registry setting, but I haven't been able to discover it
| yet. It happens in all logons. The icons
| in 'quicklaunch'and start menu appear correctly.

 

[George Hester]

Yes what happens is the Installer Database for the Microsoft Office 2000 icons is corrupting your installation of Microsoft Office 2003. There is a cleanup utility for Windows Installer databases that my help.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;238413

Just be careful with this. You may need to Detect and Repair Microsoft Office 2003 after you use it and NEVER use it on something which you have not Add\Remove Uninstalled first.

You'll be looking to see if you have a Microsoft Office 2000 installation database.