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

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?

Answer

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: