I cant get windows to use office 2003 as default rpr 12/13/2008 4:35:39 PM Hi I have both office 2003 and 2007 installed. I desperately want windows to use 2003 when i click on a .ppt or .doc document. Even if I do "open with..." and browse to the appropriate .exe and click the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" box it still uses word 2007 or ppt 2007 to open the file. the only work around is to directly open the appropriate .exe, then browse my full directory to open the file i want. please help!

Re: I cant get windows to use office 2003 as default "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 12/14/2008 7:35:29 AM The two versions share some directory entries which are at the root of the problem. The trick is to make Office 2003 the default and then edit the registry to prevent the reconfiguration - see http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm - but it will always be a compromise. -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> rpr wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi > > I have both office 2003 and 2007 installed. I desperately want > windows to use 2003 when i click on a .ppt or .doc document. Even if > I do "open with..." and browse to the appropriate .exe and click the > "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" box it > still uses word 2007 or ppt 2007 to open the file. the only work > around is to directly open the appropriate .exe, then browse my full > directory to open the file i want. > > please help!