I'm not sure how choosing the version fits in with have xl2002 open the file,
but maybe....

I think windows will use the last version of excel that was installed as the
default program associated with the extension.

But you can reregister excel so that an earlier version will be the default.

Close excel
windows start button|Run
"C:\yourpathtoexcel2002\excel.exe" /regserver

And then test it.

Krash wrote:

I recently installed Excel 2003 on a computer that has 2002. I wish
to run both versions; for testing purposes. However, any xls will be
opened with 2003. Now normally you can ReAssociate the files to the
correct version (like I had done with Access 2002 & 2003). With
Access I'd have 2 file types to choose from, but with Excel it only
has one which is linked to 2003.

I decided to throw out my intelligence and play with File Type
extensions. So after about 30 minutes and totally breaking the links
with excel, I system restored the computer (and my sanity) back to
original state before installation. All is good now, but I would
still like to:

Have both versions of excel
Be able to choose the versions so if a user double clicks an existing
excel file it opens 2002 (not 2003)

Suggestions?

thanks in advance!

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Dave Peterson