How to maintain my 2003 Excel programs and not have Excel 2007 appear each time. rpoulson[ at ]Juno.com 12/23/2008 7:48:21 PM Every time I want to open my Excel files, the new 2007 software appears. I don't want it. I want to use the 2003 software. What can I do?

Re: How to maintain my 2003 Excel programs and not have Excel 2007 appear each time. Nil <rednoise[ at ]REMOVETHIScomcast.net> 12/23/2008 11:32:12 PM On 23 Dec 2008, rpoulson[ at ]Juno.com wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize: [Quoted Text] > Every time I want to open my Excel files, the new 2007 software > appears. I don't want it. I want to use the 2003 software. What > can I do? How about uninstalling Excel 2007 and installing Excel 2003?

Re: How to maintain my 2003 Excel programs and not have Excel 2007 appear each time. "MAP" <mikepawlak2REM[ at ]OVEhotmail.com> 12/23/2008 11:48:37 PM rpoulson[ at ]Juno.com wrote: [Quoted Text] > Every time I want to open my Excel files, the new 2007 software > appears. I don't want it. I want to use the 2003 software. What can > I do? Excert from the link below. To change which program starts when you double-click a file, follow these steps: 1.. Open Windows Explorer by right-clicking the Start button, and then click Explore. 2.. Click a folder that contains a file of the type that you want Windows to open in a program that you select. 3.. Right-click the file and, depending on the programs installed on your computer, complete one of the following steps: a.. Click Open With to choose the program that you want. b.. Point to Open With, and then click Choose Program to choose the program that you want. 4.. The Open With dialog box is displayed. Use one of the following methods to select the program that you want to use for this file type: a.. In the Programs list, click the program that you want to use. b.. Click Browse, locate and then click the program that you want to use, and then click Open. c.. Click Look for the appropriate program on the Web to browse the Internet for the program that you want to use. 5.. Click to select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box if it is not selected. 6.. Click OK. Note From now on, Windows XP will open all files that have this file name extension in the program that you selected. To change this, you must follow these steps again and associate a different program with this file name extension. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859 1.. Mike Pawlak