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Office10 icons in Windows 7
Mar 16 2012, 4:39 am
By: Fire_Kame  

Mar 16 2012, 4:39 am Fire_Kame Post #1

wth is starcraft

Does anyone know how to change the Microsoft Office 2010 Icons in Windows 7?

I've changed other icons no problem - desktop icons, and other programs' icons.



As you can see, the "Change Icon..." option isn't available for me to click on. :(




Mar 16 2012, 8:37 am Roy Post #2

An artist's depiction of an Extended Unit Death

Those shortcuts have some weird Windows protection on them.

Navigate to (assuming you have the default install path):

64-bit: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Office/Office14/
32-bit: C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office14/

Manually create a shortcut for the executable (e.g., WINWORD.EXE). You'll be able to modify this like any other shortcut file.




Jul 10 2012, 5:12 pm Fire_Kame Post #3

wth is starcraft

Awesome, thanks Roy. You can do it from your desktop -> create new shortcut -> find path -> replace current path.




Jul 10 2012, 6:22 pm NudeRaider Post #4

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

Quote
find path
= Navigate to
/smart-ass




Jul 10 2012, 6:27 pm Fire_Kame Post #5

wth is starcraft

No...I mean there's a wizard. The way I read Roy's instructions it had me open up the file and create a shortcut there. Which didn't work, but I was able to do it from the Desktop. If I read his directions wrong then that's my fault, otherwise I don't really see the point of your post because as far as I can tell my way was different :P




Jul 10 2012, 10:27 pm NudeRaider Post #6

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

I had no point except being a nitpicking smart-ass.

As I read it Roy didn't specify the method to create a shortcut. He just said do it [in whatever fashion you desire], and use the following the following path: blah.

As for your problem creating the shortcut after opening the application path in explorer... Did you drag the .exe with the right mouse button onto the desktop? This gives a prompt to create a shortcut.
(The wizard from the desktop of course works just as well.)




Jul 10 2012, 11:08 pm Roy Post #7

An artist's depiction of an Extended Unit Death

My instructions were more oriented towards navigating to the executable first and then creating the shortcut in whatever fashion you desire. I personally would just right-click on the executable and select "Create Shortcut" and rename/move it from there. But the main point is that the default shortcuts for Office programs cannot be edited because Microsoft made them that way (as a form of security or something), so you have to make your own.

I had no idea there was a wizard for making shortcuts. I'm so used to navigating through explorer that I forget most people access everything through a million icons on the desktop.




Jul 10 2012, 11:27 pm Fire_Kame Post #8

wth is starcraft

Quote from NudeRaider
I had no point except being a nitpicking smart-ass.
:wub:

The finished product is in the Desktops thread. I think my icons came out pretty well. I hadn't had time to work on it until now. :kame:




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