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Default Opening .xlt files within Explorer vs.using Excel/Open

I have some templates I want to store on a shared drive for others to use.
Why is it that invoking the file from within explorer causes a copy of the
file to open (i.e. sample.xlt opens correctly as sample1.xls) but opening
the same template from within Excel using Open (and browsing to find it in
the shared network folder) will actually open the template itself, and not a
copy? (i.e. sample.xlt opens as sample.xlt). This seems to totally defeat
the purpose of having shared templates as anyone who happens to open the
template from inside Excel will inadvertently overwrite the template itself
when they make their changes, if they aren't paying attention. Am I missing
a setting someplace?
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