How to change icons For MSOffice applications in Windows 7/8 Explorer?

Question

Update: This is NOT for fixing corrupt icons - this is for changing icons, corrupt or not.

Original queston

This is NOT for the library icon nor for the Metro icons. This is for Windows 8 Explorer icons.

I'm able to change the default program from control panel or right click file in Explorer => properties. But I can't see a way to change the icon itself. I'm putting a screenshot of what I'm presented - the same holds true for PDF files or any other files.

Edit: Even when I try to change the icons of shortcuts, I'm unable to do so. Weird!

Any ideas?

Solution

Create a new shortcut from the original MSOffice .exe file, and then you can change it's icon. This works in Windows 7 or Windows 8.

. To create one, search the

program files(x86)\office 14(or 15)\

or

program files\Office 14(or 15)\

for the exe you want, and then right-click drag the .exe somewhere like desktop where you can create a shortcut. You can then change the icon.

Win8:

Win7:

Win7:

Comments

[Admin]

For starters, you can't change special shortcut icons, like those in Microsoft Office. Secondly, you'll have to play around with the extensions in the Registry, which is not supported by Microsoft.

[DeepSpace101]

@RandolphWest: What is your solution?