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April 8, 2019
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  • April 8, 2019
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Hi,

One day my indesign documents suddenly showed up as a white icon instead of the regular indesign square with Id in it. The documents open when double-clicked and work as regular. Anyone knows how to get the icon back?

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    Hey all,

    Thanks for your help. I decided to try one more time uninstalling and reinstalling Indesign- and guess what? It actually helped - my icons are back! Thank you so much for taking the time to try and help me- it is greatly appreciated!

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    Inspiring
    April 8, 2019

    Hey all,

    Thanks for your help. I decided to try one more time uninstalling and reinstalling Indesign- and guess what? It actually helped - my icons are back! Thank you so much for taking the time to try and help me- it is greatly appreciated!

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    Migintosh
    Legend
    April 8, 2019

    It's an OS thing, and not an InDesign thing.

    If you are using Mac OS, select one of your InDesign files and go to File>Get Info. You will see Open With: somewhere in the middle. Select InDesign (version of your choice), and see if that helps. You can click the Change All button if it works. Not sure about Windows, but I think it's similar.

    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
    Community Expert
    Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 8, 2019

    I don't think it is an file/extension association issue since the files are opening normally. (My PDFs were too.)

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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    Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 8, 2019

    You did not mention what OS you are using.

    On Windows 10, I had that problem with Acrobat icons. I tried uninstalled and reinstalled, but that did not work. I had to run uninstall, Adobe CC Cleaner, and then reinstall.

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
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    DGLPromoAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 8, 2019

    I really don't want to run Adobe CC Cleaner for this, so I'll wait with that to see if anyone knows anything else that can help... Thanks

    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
    Community Expert
    Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 8, 2019

    You don't have to remove everything with CC Cleaner--you can just target InDesign.

    The other option is a registry tool.

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
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