To Restore Office Desktop Icons and Program Menu Shortcuts

Browse to:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11

Within the OFFICE11 folder, browse to the icon of your choice (shown above), which corresponds to the missing program shortcut.

Right-click on the program icon and select Send To > Desktop (create shortcut)

The shortcut will be placed on the desktop.

Right-click on the shortcut icon and select Rename.

Type “Microsoft Office Word 2003” and hit Enter.

Right-click the icon and select Cut.

Browse to:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop

From the file menu select Edit > Paste. The icon will appear.

The icon has been restored to your desktop will now be available to all users who log onto this computer.

To restore a shortcut to your program menu, continue below.

Right-click the icon and select Copy.

Browse to:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office

From the file menu select Edit > Paste. The icon will appear.

The icon has been restored to your program menu and will now be available to all users who log onto this computer.