i am also facin the same problem..its also showin my that my word documents
have been compressed..i have removed the "compression" option..but still face
the same prob..i tried to rebuild my shelliconcache but i get the prompt that
"file cannot be found"..help me out ppl..

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

> Hi Pookie,
>
> You haven't mentioned yet the version of Windows you're using, but if the Display properties are not working at all it could be a
> corrupted or outdated graphics card driver, a problem with Windows registry for file associations or it could be that the iconcache
> (that stores all of the icons) may have been corrupted.
>
> There are a number of utilities that can repair the icon cache by rebuilding it or by resetting the registtry key, or you can do it
> manually
> http://windowsnetworking.com/kbase/W...eIconCache.htm
>
> ===============
> <<"hellopookie" <hellopookie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:198AE701-95DD-484A-BA8F-932EF906893B@microsoft.com...
> Sorry, that option is not available for me and I tried to go to Control Panel
> and the options under the Display properties for my desktop don't work,
> though this problem is not limited to files located on my desktop. >>
> --
>
> Bob Buckland ?:-)
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
>
>
>