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New version of Excel "kidnapping" the default function from the ol
I have an older version of Excel I have been using. Bought a new laptop and
installed it. When I got a new version of Excel spreadsheet in an email, the trial version of the new software that was loaded by Toshiba popped up and took over as default Excel version. I can still use the old version through direct loading, but everytime I click on the file in the email or windows explorer a new version takes over )with mandatory warning about the expiry of the trial period. How do I get the old Excel to be default again? -- Krmbra |
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New version of Excel "kidnapping" the default function from the ol
You don't say what the older and newer versions are so adjust the 2002 and
2007 to suit. Since 2007 has decided it wants to be the default, de-register 2007 and re-register 2002 Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar StartRun "C:\yourpathto2007\excel.exe" /unregserver See the space between exe and /unregserver. Then register 2002 StartRun "C:\yourpathto2002\excel.exe" /regserver This process should make Excel 2002 the default for opening files. You may not have to unregister 2007 first but I err on the side of cautiong Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:16:01 -0800, Krmbra wrote: I have an older version of Excel I have been using. Bought a new laptop and installed it. When I got a new version of Excel spreadsheet in an email, the trial version of the new software that was loaded by Toshiba popped up and took over as default Excel version. I can still use the old version through direct loading, but everytime I click on the file in the email or windows explorer a new version takes over )with mandatory warning about the expiry of the trial period. How do I get the old Excel to be default again? |
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