Reset Excel 2003

J

Jane

I have both Excel 2003 & 2007 on my desktop. I want Excel 2003 to open when
I open an excel file but 2007 always overrides 2003. How can I reset
 
G

Gord Dibben

Since 2007 has decided it wants to be the default, de-register 2007 and
re-register 2003

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

Start>Run "C:\yourpathto2007\excel.exe" /unregserver

See the space between exe and /unregserver.

Then register 2003

Start>Run "C:\yourpathto2003\excel.exe" /regserver

This process should make Excel 2003 the default for opening files.

You may not have to unregister 2007 first but I err on the side of
caution<g>


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 

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