Microsoft Office 2010 in win7- lost office in menu?

Have office 2010 professional in windows 7 ultimate and tried dragging the word icon from start-programs -microsoftoffice- microsoft word, to desktop. I got a dll icon that works great but would like to have the word logo on desktop and also microsoft word is not in the all programs/microsoftoffice/ word where it should be? How do I get that back there with access, excel, one note ect.

To have the icons show on the Desktop go to All Programs, Microsoft Office, then right-click on the icon you want on the Desktop and select: Send To: Desktop (shortcut). Do that and you'll be good to go with that.

To get the Microsoft Office folder back to the Start Menu or the Word icon go to: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office
Then right-click and "copy & paste" to the Microsoft Office folder in the Start Menu.

ProgramData is a "hidden" folder so you'll have to enable the "show hidden folders" option in the Control Panel - Folder Options section.

I got the first part of your answer. The excel and one note icons are on the desktop. Could you reword your second part. I get to the microsoft office x64 programs folder but am not sure which to copy and paste for microsoft word 2010 only. Is there a particular file I can copy and paste to the start/all programs/microsoftoffice folder.

Not butting in Nibs, but look for WinWord.exe in your Microsoft Office/Office 14 folder. Right click and Send to... Desktop

I tried that but that file is an exe file which assumes you don't already have word installed which I do. So had to cancel installation on that one. My word runs o.k. its just the icon is a dll icon from when I dragged it from start folder to desktop instead of right clicking.