missing MS Word icon

ChineseYeti · External Since: Jul 31, 2007 Posts: 2

The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the Start
Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office folder in "All
Programs." They both function fine if you open an existing document, but I
can't start a new document without going through an existing one. Any ideas
what happened to them and how I get them back.

Suzanne S. Barnhill · External Since: Sep 26, 2003 Posts: 24065

No idea what become of them, but they're easily recreated. Use Windows
Search to find winword.exe and excel.exe. In the Search Results window,
right-click and choose Create Shortcut. You'll get a message saying you
can't create a shortcut there and asking if you want it on the desktop. Say
yes. Then drag the shortcut from the desktop to the Start menu.

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"ChineseYeti" <ChineseYeti RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:507A61CC-6B5E-4144-B9AA-69170A7E3A99@microsoft.com...
> The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the Start
> Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office folder in
"All
> Programs." They both function fine if you open an existing document, but
I
> can't start a new document without going through an existing one. Any
ideas
> what happened to them and how I get them back.

ChineseYeti · External Since: Jul 31, 2007 Posts: 2

Thanks. They still aren't under the Microsoft Office folder, but putting
them on the Start menu worked fine.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> No idea what become of them, but they're easily recreated. Use Windows
> Search to find winword.exe and excel.exe. In the Search Results window,
> right-click and choose Create Shortcut. You'll get a message saying you
> can't create a shortcut there and asking if you want it on the desktop. Say
> yes. Then drag the shortcut from the desktop to the Start menu.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "ChineseYeti" <ChineseYeti RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:507A61CC-6B5E-4144-B9AA-69170A7E3A99@microsoft.com...
> > The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the Start
> > Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office folder in
> "All
> > Programs." They both function fine if you open an existing document, but
> I
> > can't start a new document without going through an existing one. Any
> ideas
> > what happened to them and how I get them back.
>
>

Suzanne S. Barnhill · External Since: Sep 26, 2003 Posts: 24065

You can add them to the All Programs part of the Start menu as well.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"ChineseYeti" <ChineseYeti RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks. They still aren't under the Microsoft Office folder, but putting
> them on the Start menu worked fine.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > No idea what become of them, but they're easily recreated. Use Windows
> > Search to find winword.exe and excel.exe. In the Search Results window,
> > right-click and choose Create Shortcut. You'll get a message saying you
> > can't create a shortcut there and asking if you want it on the desktop.
Say
> > yes. Then drag the shortcut from the desktop to the Start menu.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "ChineseYeti" <ChineseYeti RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:507A61CC-6B5E-4144-B9AA-69170A7E3A99@microsoft.com...
> > > The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the
Start
> > > Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office folder
in
> > "All
> > > Programs." They both function fine if you open an existing document,
but
> > I
> > > can't start a new document without going through an existing one. Any
> > ideas
> > > what happened to them and how I get them back.
> >
> >

dans · External Since: Nov 03, 2009 Posts: 1

I have the same problem as the originator and I tried the listed solution but
a search of the C drive does not find winword.exe either. Any idea how I can
find that file
dans

"ChineseYeti" wrote:

> The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the Start
> Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office folder in "All
> Programs." They both function fine if you open an existing document, but I
> can't start a new document without going through an existing one. Any ideas
> what happened to them and how I get them back.

Graham Mayor · External Since: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 4676

Enter %programfiles%\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11 (where 11 is the Office
version - here Office 2003)
in the address bar of your Windows Explorer or browser and if winword.exe is
not in that folder, you will have to re-install it from the original
installation disc.

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dans wrote:
> I have the same problem as the originator and I tried the listed
> solution but a search of the C drive does not find winword.exe
> either. Any idea how I can find that file
> dans
>
>
> "ChineseYeti" wrote:
>
>> The MS Word and Excel icons are both mysteriously missing from the
>> Start Menu, both under the shortcuts and under the Microsoft Office
>> folder in "All Programs." They both function fine if you open an
>> existing document, but I can't start a new document without going
>> through an existing one. Any ideas what happened to them and how I
>> get them back.