most desktop icons became "Word's" icon-open to "file conversion-choose encoding to make readable" pop-up

[Joyce L Freeman]

Use Windows 7, Word 7, Firefox. Tried to delete a file from C:/ file. When I closed the screen, most desktop icons were "Word's" icons (still have the original name underneath icon). When you try to open one, you get a pop-up saying "file conversion - firefox - select the encoding that make the document readable".
I looked at the Default Program list and chose Firefox to use to open all files - but nothing changed. What now? Help & Thanks.

 

[Joyce L Freeman]

cannot get to my emails because of the "icon" problem

 

[Joyce L Freeman]

cannot get to my emails because of the "icon" problem described above
I do not know what to do now

 

[hang-the-9]

Sounds like you were playing around with default programs options. Try doing a restore to a date before this happened. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/system-restore

What are the icons that changed, web links? Or program shortcuts? If the restore does not work and you are just talking about web links here, you can set the default program manually http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2630-default-programs-set-program-s-default-associations.html

If you chose Firefox to open ALL files, you made a mess and probably will have to restore quite a few things back to how they were. Read though this posting http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/restore-default-file-association-on-windows-7/4b366c24-c451-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5

 

[hang-the-9]

Sounds like you were playing around with default programs options. Try doing a restore to a date before this happened. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/system-restore

What are the icons that changed, web links? Or program shortcuts? If the restore does not work and you are just talking about web links here, you can set the default program manually http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2630-default-programs-set-program-s-default-associations.html

If you chose Firefox to open ALL files, you made a mess and probably will have to restore quite a few things back to how they were. Read though this posting http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/restore-default-file-association-on-windows-7/4b366c24-c451-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5