Files created by Windows apps don't get an icon

keathmilligan

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My system is set up to use the Windows versions of Office apps under Parallels for all of my .doc, .xls, etc. files. This works fine. I can double-click a file from the Mac finder and the correct app will launch under Parallels.

Unfortunately, all of these files show a blank default icon - making it difficult to distinguish between different types of files at a glance.

This applies to existing files as well as new files I create. It seems like something is broken in the mechanism that allows Mac OS X to determine the icon to display from the associated application.
 
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