Recently, i just installed Microsoft Office 2021 LTSC in my new PC. At first I didn't find it annoying and it seems that the new Microsoft Office is running smoothly without any problems. But when I opened Windows Explorer to open my words files, I noticed something unusual. Yes. Microsoft Word files look different than usual (at least when compared to the old MS Word I previously used). Now Microsoft Word file icons are more similar to the icon of Notepad/Wordpad files. Although this doesn't have any effect for the usage of the software, i still want to fix it. I don't really like the appearance of these icons in my Explorer. I was trying to figure out how to fix this. I tried various suggested methods, most of peoples suggest fix it by doing Repair Office via Control Panel or trying to re-associate it by changing it in Default Programs in Settings, which is for me they didn't work.
I finally found the solution that really work for me.
- Going into start > run > regedit ;
- In HKEY_CLASS_ROOTS renamed the .doc «folder» to .doc(backup) and .docx «folder» to .docx «folder»;
- Right click on your .doc files and click open with and choose something other then Word, such as Wordpad. Don't click on Always use this app to open .doc files;
- Close the program ;
- Right click on your .doc files click open with again. This time, choose Word as the program to open and click Always use this app to open .doc files;
- There you go, everything should be good now.
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