PDF Document Type Icon in MOSS 2007

MOSS doesn’t install an icon for PDF files by default. It simply shows a generic white paper icon.

This is my procedure for fixing this issue:

1. Download an appropriate icon for pdf document types.
   1. This is the icon from Adobe.
   2. Save to TEMPLATE\IMAGES directory. (DEFAULT: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\template\images)
2. Open the file docicon.xml. (DEFAULT: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\template\xml\docicon.xml)
3. Add a new Mapping element to the ByExtension element.
   <Mapping Key=”pdf” Value=”pdficon_small.gif” />
   NOTE: Be sure to change pdficon_small.gif to whatever image you downloaded to represent pdf documents.
4. Save the edited docicon.xml file.
5. Restart IIS (iisreset /noforce).

You should now see the PDF icons for all PDF documents in the portal, including search results.