I installed PPT 2007 yesterday (using WinXP professional, MS Office 2007
Home and Student ver) and elected to keep PPT 2003 on my machine until I get
use to using 2007. Now when I open any power point file it comes up in
2007. I prefer 2003 for viewing. How do I change my default viewer back to
2003? I have researched the entries in this forum all the way back to Aug
2008 but do not see anything. TIA......

I posted this recently and it worked for another user:

The following steps will make PowerPoint 2003 associate .ppt/.pps/.pot file
extensions with itself while keeping .pptx/.pptm/.ppsx/.ppsm/.potx/.potm for
PowerPoint
2007:
1. In Windows, select "Start" | "Run..." menu item to bring up the Run
dialog box.

2. Type in the following command in the "Open" box:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\PowerPnt.exe" /regserver

3. Click OK button.

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple PowerPoint slide shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

"Gary" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I installed PPT 2007 yesterday (using WinXP professional, MS Office 2007
>Home and Student ver) and elected to keep PPT 2003 on my machine until I
>get use to using 2007. Now when I open any power point file it comes up in
>2007. I prefer 2003 for viewing. How do I change my default viewer back
>to 2003? I have researched the entries in this forum all the way back to
>Aug 2008 but do not see anything. TIA......
>

Thanks Chirag......think I have it fixed now.....'preciate your help....