Drag woorkbooks to Excel Icon

[ebloch]

In Win XP I could drag a workbook "xls" icon from a file folder to an Excel
2003 desktop icon and it would open. (Easier than using "Send To")

Now I have Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP-1 with Office H&S 2007 installed and
working fine but I cannot drag as above.

For security I always make Excel Viewer the default when workbooks are
clicked on.

Yes, I know about Vista's "Open With" context menu which gives a choice of
Excel or Excel Viewer but I find the drag easier.

Is there a way to get this functionality or do I just have to live with the
loss ?

Thansks,

Eric

 

[Chip Pearson]

It works for me, using Vista 64 Ultimate and Office 2007 Ultimate.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Excel Product Group, 1998 - 2009
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email on web site)

 

[Bob I]

Seems double-clicking the file would be considerably quicker.

 

[Chip Pearson]

Seems double-clicking the file would be considerably quicker.

Yeah, but he said that he has made the Excel Viewer, not Excel itself,
the default handler for XL files.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Excel Product Group, 1998 - 2009
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email on web site)

 

[Bob I]

Ah yes, thanks for pointing that out.

Yeah, but he said that he has made the Excel Viewer, not Excel itself,
the default handler for XL files.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Excel Product Group, 1998 - 2009
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email on web site)