Even if I go to change the file association in Windows shell, Excel
2007 still keeps taking over.
As far as I know, nothing has changed on my system.
Anybody know how I can get Windows to always use the old version for
the .xls files?
Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
"c:\yourpathtoxl2003\excel.exe" /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
"c:\yourpathtoxl2003\excel.exe" /regserver
The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.
If it fails, this is what I'd try next:
ShiftRight click on one of the offending files
Click on "Open With"
and choose Excel (or Choose Program and browse to excel.exe)
and check that "always use the selected program..." box.
Repeat for each offending filetype you want to fix (like *.xlt).
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Dave Peterson