Open File in Seperate Window

[Nate]

In the windows XP you used to be able to go to windows explorer and file type
and advanced to make a file type always open in a new window.

I'm currently using Vista and Office 2007 and everytime I click on an Excel
file in Microsoft Internet Explorer it opens in Explorer. How can I change
this so it opens in Excel. This was fairly easy to do in XP, I just can't
seem to figure out how to do it in Vista.

Thanks!

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Control Panel/Default Programs/ "associate a filetype or protocol with a
specific program" . All of the .xl* extensions and a few more are used by
Excel

 

[Nate]

Thanks Mark but this doesn't quit fix the problem.

I already went to Panel/Default Programs/ "associat a filetype" and all my
..xl* extensions are used by excel. This does not change how a file is opened
when you are in another application. The default when in Explorer is for the
file to open in Explorer. In XP you are able to check/uncheck a box so the
file never opens in the same window. Do you know how to do this in Vista?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Q162059 - Office Documents Open in Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q162/0/59.asp

 

[Nate]

Thanks again Mark. While this solution does look like it may work I don't
feel comfortable enough to play with the Windows Registry.

Any other thoughts? Did Microsoft make a mistake with Vista by accidentally
disabling this feature? If so, hopefully they fix it in a patch.