Good to hear.
Gord
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:37:18 -0400, "Otto Moehrbach" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:
>Thanks Gord. That worked like a charm once I figured out that Office10 and
>Office12 didn't have spaces in them Otto
>"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Otto
>>
>> I would de-register 2007 and re-register 2002
>>
>> Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar
>>
>> Start>Run "C:\yourpathto2007\excel.exe" /unregserver
>>
>> See the space between exe and /regserver.
>>
>> Then register 2002
>>
>> Start>Run "C:\yourpathto2002\excel.exe" /regserver
>>
>> This process should make Excel 2002 the default for opening files.
>>
>>
>> Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
>>
>> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:38:28 -0400, "Otto Moehrbach"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Gerry
>>> Thanks for responding to my query.
>>>No, my problem is not related to file sharing between computers. It's
>>>more
>>>mundane than that. I have a single home computer and I have Excel XP. I
>>>am
>>>quite familiar with Excel XP and I do a lot of VBA stuff with it in
>>>helping
>>>people that post to the various Excel newsgroups. That's my hobby.
>>>But I see that more and more people are asking questions related to Excel
>>>2007. If I'm to help them I have to become familiar with Excel 2007
>>>myself.
>>>I have a lot of work I'm doing for a number of people (all gratis) and
>>>it's
>>>all in Excel XP, so I'm not willing to jump into 2007 with both feet, so
>>>to
>>>speak. What I want to do is play with 2007 to gain familiarity with it
>>>while still maintaining what I'm doing with XP, then gradually move into
>>>2007.
>>>So I installed Office 2007 and of course the file association moved to
>>>2007.
>>>All the above is why I want to change the .xls association back to XP.
>>>You say to contact an Excel newsgroup. File association is a Windows task
>>>and that's why I posted to this newsgroup.
>>>Thanks again and I would appreciate it if you could help with this. Otto
>>>"Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Otto
>>>>
>>>> Whilst many Excel users post here I suggest you post to an Excel
>>>> newsgroup
>>>> for an answer:
>>>> microsoft.public.excel.misc
>>>>
>>>> As a matter of curiosity why do you want to change the file association.
>>>> Is your question really about file sharing between machines. I take it
>>>> you
>>>> have the older version of Excel on a second machine. If I am
>>>> understanding
>>>> your problem correctly you need to know the most practical way to share
>>>> files between the machines.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>> Gerry
>>>> ~~~~
>>>> FCA
>>>> Stourport, England
>>>> Enquire, plan and execute
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>> Otto Moehrbach wrote:
>>>>> I have Excel XP (2002). I just installed Excel 2007 without deleting
>>>>> the XP version. Of course, the association for all .xls file went to
>>>>> Excel 2007. I want to change that back to Excel XP.
>>>>> I followed the directions in HELP under "Association" and that took
>>>>> me to the dialog box that lists all the programs I have and asks me
>>>>> to pick the program I want to associate .xls with. However, only
>>>>> Excel 2007 is listed and not Excel XP. Why is not Excel XP listed
>>>>> and how do I change the association back to Excel XP. Thanks for
>>>>> your time. Otto
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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