Help with icon issue

[vista18dc]

Ive noticed that in my documents when i save files in word/excel etc they all seem to display the icons in the image i remember them never beings like that before how can i edit or restore these back to normal

Thanks

 

[Rip_Uk]

I believe that you have to edit the registry in Windows Vista and Windows 7 to change the icon of a file association. Read more here: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/change-file-type-icon-windows-7-and-vista/