you need to add the norereg keys, or else when a newer version is launched, it
will reset anything that was done previously.

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Gary Keramidas
Excel 2003


"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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I'd try to reregister the version of excel you want as the default before
re-installing.


Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
"C:\yourpathtowhateverversionofexcelyouwant\excel. exe" /regserver

The /regserver stuff resets some of the windows registry to excel's factory
defaults.

clr wrote:

Hi All........

I have several versions of Excel on my computer at work and each time I get
a new higher version number....it seems to automatically become the default
version that files that I click on open in. This was tolerable untill
XL2007 came along. Now, everything opens in 2007 and I don't want
that.....I want to set the default back to some earlier version, say 2000.
I tried changing the set up in FolderOptions but it didn't seem to take.
Any help would be appreciated.

TIA
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

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Dave Peterson