Forced association with Office 2007

[Guest]

I use Vista. I have Office 2003 (Word and Excel) installed. I can launch
these programs and then open a file. But when I double click to open a file
directly from within the directory, .doc and .xls are now launching an
installation of Office 2007--installation process begins and I have to cancel
it. Somehow MS got it so that the extensions are associated with the new
versions. How do I get it back so that the 2003 programs launch, not the
nonexistent 2007 Office that I DON'T want installed?.

 

[Malke]

I use Vista. I have Office 2003 (Word and Excel) installed. I can launch
these programs and then open a file. But when I double click to open a file
directly from within the directory, .doc and .xls are now launching an
installation of Office 2007--installation process begins and I have to cancel
it. Somehow MS got it so that the extensions are associated with the new
versions. How do I get it back so that the 2003 programs launch, not the
nonexistent 2007 Office that I DON'T want installed?.

It sounds like you have a trial version of Office 2007 installed on the
computer. Go to Control Panel>Programs and Features and uninstall it.
This should not affect your installed Office 2003.


Malke

 

[Guest]

That did it. I didn't think it would be so simple. This is the first time I
tried posting something. Thanks.

 

[Malke]

That did it. I didn't think it would be so simple. This is the first time I
tried posting something. Thanks.

Glad it sorted things for you. Thanks for taking the time to post back.


Malke