How does this file format change?

[GETGO]

I have an excel file on a shared drive.
The icon looks like an excel icon because it was saved in excel
Recently the icon changed to something else but if opened it stil
opens in excel. How does this happen. I did a save as so I have th
excel icon again.

Keep in mind I have 5 or 6 other people opening this file throughou
the country entering information and then saving it.

I will attach a screen shot of the two files. Can someone tell me ho
this is happening. Is someone in another location saving it in a wron
format

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[Anne Troy]

The icon only shows what Windows "believes" about the extension of the file
you are looking at. It's called "File Associations". I can associate PDF
files to Microsoft Word files, if I want, but that does not mean it WILL
open them, it only means I told Windows to use Word to open them. If you
re-associate XLS file extensions to Excel, all should be okay. See
"Associate the File Types":
http://www.officearticles.com/misc/files_dont_open_when_double-clicked_in_microsoft_office.htm
If everyone sees some other icon, then likely the file extension has been
changed.
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Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com