PDF Icon In Moss (Sharepoint 2007)

moss doesn't install an icon for pdf document type file by default . inorder to

install the pdf icon into moss you should follow the following stips :

1)  right click to download image   

2)  save the icon to  (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\template\images)  and rename the file to icpdf.gif

3) open the file docicon.xml  you should find it  here : C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\template\xml\docicon.xml

4) add a new mapping key 

          <Mapping Key="pdf" Value="icpdf.gif" />

5) save the file docicon.xml then restart IIS (iisreset /noforce).

 and now you can see the pdf icon for all the pdf documents within your portal .