I need to set a group policy to make it so Excel does NOT fire up within IE when viewing an XLS file

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I need to know how to do this via the registry or Group Policy.
Hi,

For Office Documents, this is controlled by the registry value
BrowserFlags under each file association:

How to Configure Internet Explorer to Open Office Documents in the
Appropriate Office Program Instead of in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;162059


You can push out registry settings with a GPO using a custom
administrative template ("tattooing" the registry on the clients):

HOW TO: Create Custom Administrative Templates in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323639

225087 Writing Custom ADM Files for System Policy Editor
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=225087

Implementing Registry-Based Group Policy
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28188

Implementing Registry-based Policy [Group Policy]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/policy/policy/implementing_registry_based_policy.asp
 
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