Issue with icons!

[Ifti]

Running latest version of Monterey on my M1 MBP16.

I removed Pages/Numbers and installed Microsoft Word/Excel instead.

All works fine - I can double click a .docx as normal and it now opens in Word etc.
However, all of the .docx files still have the Pages icon on them, even though they open with Word when I double click.

Have checked file properties and ensured the 'Open With' is correct etc, which it was.

I no longer have Pages installed, so how can I change all the icons so they correctly show as Word documents?

 

[VineRider]

I don't know if this will work, but you might give it a try

From

https://appletoolbox.com/macos-how-to-change-icons/#:~:text=Find%20the%20file%20you%20want%20to%20restore%20the,file%20should%20be%20back%20to%20its%20default%20icon.

How to Restore Default Icons​

If you want to restore the default icon to a file, it’s easy, but may not work how you would image.

Find the file you want to restore the default icon for, then right-click it and select Get Info. Select the icon in the top-left, then select Edit > Cut in the menu bar. Now the file should be back to its default icon.

 

[Ifti]

Thanks, but think I've done it now.

Had to right click on a file and select Get Info.

Even though the 'Open With' was set correctly to Microsoft Word, I selected 'Other' and browsed my Applications folder and re-selected Microsoft Word again.
This then activate the 'Change All' button (which was previously greyed out) and that seemed to reset all others 😉

Thanks

 

[Tim Cullin]

Thanks Ifti! I tried your solution, and seemingly, it did not work, then I restarted the computer and it did not work! Then, I turned the computer off and it seemed to fix the problem!

Cheers.