Generic document Icons without Application Signature

I have a mix of document icons on the desktop. All are saved in Word or Excell but some are seen as .doc icons (Grey) while other have the Word Signature (Blue with a W).
Have no idea why that has happened or what to do.
In the good old days this was fixed by rebuilding the desktop.

Answered - I did not know that the folder/finder view has the option to see an icon or as a generic.
See: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6066902

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