Old Icon Editor in LabVIEW 2012

I'm observing a 'weird' behavior with the icon editor in LabVIEW 2012, suddenly I'm starting to see the 'old' editor on my VIs
Anyone seen this before?
Thanks,
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I've been seeing a similar problem. First I get error shown in the attached, then the icon editor version shown in the attached. I have tried reinstalling the LabVIEW2012 as well as doing a repair.
I am using Windows7. I have a lab computer with the same software which works fine so there is something funny about my laptop.
Regards,
Curt
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2. Does it mean that the old Icon Editor is available in parallel with the new one? If so, how can it be accessed?
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