Naples
Tried that and it had no effect. As I said, the documents open in Word even with the new icon.
TCS
Thanks for that. I found 2 normal.dot files, one very old and one dated 30/12/03. Deleted both to be on the safe side and now my icons are back to 'WORD' icons.
Once again, many thanks to you both for your help with this problem and a Happy (hic) New Year to you both (hic).
CC (hic)