Hi

Go to My Computer and click on C drive. Go to Tools/Folder Options/File Type
tab. In that list there must be an entry for .xls If you click on Change,
you can set the program to open it with from there.

Andy.


"deniseh" wrote in message
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When I attempt to open an Excel file (not through Excel) by double
cliccking
on file, the default appears to be word, so cannot read file correctly.
Please advise what I have to do to make sure correct extension is read to
open file correctl;y.
Thankyou
Denise