Hi,
I have Excel 2003 and lately installed Excel 2007. When clicking on an Excel
file it opens it using Excel 2007.
I need the files to be oppened in Excel 2003 when double clicking the file.
How can this be done.

I'd try reregistering xl2003:

Close excel (all versions)
windows start button|Run
type your path to excel2003:
"C:\whatevergoeshere\excel.exe" /unregserver
and hit enter
then
"C:\whatevergoeshere\excel.exe" /regserver
and hit enter.

The last version installed or registered should be the default program.

Khalil Handal wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have Excel 2003 and lately installed Excel 2007. When clicking on an Excel
> file it opens it using Excel 2007.
> I need the files to be oppened in Excel 2003 when double clicking the file.
> How can this be done.

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Dave Peterson

Hi Dave,
Thanks for the note

"Dave Peterson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'd try reregistering xl2003:
>
> Close excel (all versions)
> windows start button|Run
> type your path to excel2003:
> "C:\whatevergoeshere\excel.exe" /unregserver
> and hit enter
> then
> "C:\whatevergoeshere\excel.exe" /regserver
> and hit enter.
>
> The last version installed or registered should be the default program.
>
> Khalil Handal wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I have Excel 2003 and lately installed Excel 2007. When clicking on an
>> Excel
>> file it opens it using Excel 2007.
>> I need the files to be oppened in Excel 2003 when double clicking the
>> file.
>> How can this be done.
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson

Hi Khalil,


Usually, if you have just installed Office without making a custom
installation, you won't be able to use the Excel 2003 application anymore.
That has been replaced by Excel 2007. Generally, what people do, if they
want to be able to use both applications is use the following KB article to
have both versions of Office installed:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290576/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/218861/en-us

I don't see an updated one for Office 2007 but would assume that it's the
same sort of process. Install the Office package to different folder
locations, i.e. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 2003 and C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office 2007.

Bare in mind that when switching applications you should have two separate
links to the different applications, open link to Excel 2003, close then
Open link to Excel 2007. Also, first time you launch Excel version after you
have launched the previous version, it will may to re-initialise first time
routines (because previous version settings are in place). Also, you won't
be able to run them concurrently. If you open the 2003 version, every
instance you open (when there is an instance still running, will be 2003).

Hope that helps.

Thanks,
I will see the links.

"Franksta" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Khalil,
>
>
> Usually, if you have just installed Office without making a custom
> installation, you won't be able to use the Excel 2003 application anymore.
> That has been replaced by Excel 2007. Generally, what people do, if they
> want to be able to use both applications is use the following KB article
> to have both versions of Office installed:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290576/en-us
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/218861/en-us
>
> I don't see an updated one for Office 2007 but would assume that it's the
> same sort of process. Install the Office package to different folder
> locations, i.e. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 2003 and
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 2007.
>
> Bare in mind that when switching applications you should have two separate
> links to the different applications, open link to Excel 2003, close then
> Open link to Excel 2007. Also, first time you launch Excel version after
> you have launched the previous version, it will may to re-initialise first
> time routines (because previous version settings are in place). Also, you
> won't be able to run them concurrently. If you open the 2003 version,
> every instance you open (when there is an instance still running, will be
> 2003).
>
> Hope that helps.