Microsoft Word logo "W" is not on the document file icon..please help!

Question

so i upgraded from office 2007 to office 2010 and everything went well. when i opened word, it showed compatibility. that annoyed me so i fixed it by going through the template stuff and now when i open a word doc it doesnt say compatibility mode anymore.
but then i noticed that when i save a new file or open an existing file from 2007, the microsoft word logo is not on it. the document icon looks like a notepad file.

Answer 1

Hi,
Please try to reset icon cache and follow the below steps:
fix this problem, follow these steps:    
        Close all open windows if a
Close Open Programs Interaction dialog box is displayed.      
        Create the Max Cached Icons registry key and set the value of that key to 2048. To do this, follow these steps:
Click Start and type Regedit in the Search box and click
Regedit from the list          
Locate and click to select the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\              Explorer
On the Edit menu, click New, and then click
String Value
Type MaxCachedIcons for the registry key name  and press
Enter on the keyboard          
Double-click on the Max Cached Icons registry key and type
2048 in the Value data: box and then click OK
Close the Registry Editor
        Delete IconCache.db thats located in the following path:
Windows Vista or Windows 7
%userprofile%\AppData\Local
Please Note: Back up the registry before you modified.
More reference:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2396571/en-us
Regards,
George Zhao
TechNet Community Support