10.3.9 - Entourage Confuses Icons

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Hello;

I use Office 2004 on Dual 2Ghz PM and have recently upgraded to 10.3.9; since then I have noticed Entourage behaving strangely with regards to attachment icons: Attachments that I drag to the desktop have the wrong icon (ppt files turn into drive icons etc), although when I do "get info" from the desktop, the application associated with them is still Powerpoint. Starting just today, the "Encoding Attachment" dialog window in Entourage has acquired a strangely distorted icon. Something is wrong. I tried the usual (repair permissions), but to not avail. Also checked various online forums, no avail. I am at wit's end, and appreciate any and all suggestions.

Many thanks in advance,

Viktor
 
VIKTORMS said:
Hello;

I use Office 2004 on Dual 2Ghz PM and have recently upgraded to 10.3.9; since then I have noticed Entourage behaving strangely with regards to attachment icons: Attachments that I drag to the desktop have the wrong icon (ppt files turn into drive icons etc), although when I do "get info" from the desktop, the application associated with them is still Powerpoint. Starting just today, the "Encoding Attachment" dialog window in Entourage has acquired a strangely distorted icon. Something is wrong. I tried the usual (repair permissions), but to not avail. Also checked various online forums, no avail. I am at wit's end, and appreciate any and all suggestions.

Many thanks in advance,

Viktor
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If you are getting the wrong icons, it is because the file associations are wrong. To correct them, click on a sample PowerPoint (.ppt) file. Do a File > Get Info. Choose PowerPoint from the Opens with pop-up menu. Click the Change all... button.
 
Thank ou, MisterMe, for suggesting that I should use get info to corect the file associations. However, when I do Get Info for any of these odd files, it shows that "Powerpoint" is teh default application to open it with. What is weird, too, is that these odd files changes change their icons. I had invisible icons (fully transparant) today, then X11 icons, all for my powerpoint files. Any ideas? Should I try to associate them with another application and then switch back to Powerpoint in the hope that this solves the problem?

Many thanks again,

VMS
 
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