Thread: Making Excel 2003 as the Default over Excel 2007

I have both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 installed on my PC. For
Practical work I use Excel 2003. I have an Excel file prepared
in Excel 2003 which automatically runs with macro every two
hours. Problem is that by default it opens Excel 2007 and gets
an error because all my setting is based on Excel 2003. I want
Excel 2003 to be my default application instead of Excel 2007.
The path for Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 are different on my PC.
Also I set my Excel 2003 file to "Open with" Excel2003.Exe path
but it still opens in Excel 2007.

Please help.

Thank you,
Rakesh

In the File Explorer, Tools>Folder Options>File Types, scroll down to XLS,
click Change and align it back to 2003.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Rakesh Parekh" <RakeshParekh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F612E1E2-C460-436D-AF1E-63C2D43D2ED9@microsoft.com...
> I have both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 installed on my PC. For
> Practical work I use Excel 2003. I have an Excel file prepared
> in Excel 2003 which automatically runs with macro every two
> hours. Problem is that by default it opens Excel 2007 and gets
> an error because all my setting is based on Excel 2003. I want
> Excel 2003 to be my default application instead of Excel 2007.
> The path for Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 are different on my PC.
> Also I set my Excel 2003 file to "Open with" Excel2003.Exe path
> but it still opens in Excel 2007.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thank you,
> Rakesh

Dear Bob,

Many thanks.

With best wishes,
Rakesh

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"Bob Phillips" wrote:

> In the File Explorer, Tools>Folder Options>File Types, scroll down to XLS,
> click Change and align it back to 2003.
>
> --
> HTH
>
> Bob Phillips
>
> (replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)
>
> "Rakesh Parekh" <RakeshParekh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F612E1E2-C460-436D-AF1E-63C2D43D2ED9@microsoft.com...
> > I have both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 installed on my PC. For
> > Practical work I use Excel 2003. I have an Excel file prepared
> > in Excel 2003 which automatically runs with macro every two
> > hours. Problem is that by default it opens Excel 2007 and gets
> > an error because all my setting is based on Excel 2003. I want
> > Excel 2003 to be my default application instead of Excel 2007.
> > The path for Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 are different on my PC.
> > Also I set my Excel 2003 file to "Open with" Excel2003.Exe path
> > but it still opens in Excel 2007.
> >
> > Please help.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Rakesh
>
>
>

You might need to change other file extensions, such as XLT, XLB, XLL, XLW

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Rakesh Parekh" <RakeshParekh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D96F8854-ABDB-42A7-B33E-7AA73DCED67B@microsoft.com...
> Dear Bob,
>
> Many thanks.
>
> With best wishes,
> Rakesh
>
> ----------------------
> "Bob Phillips" wrote:
>
> > In the File Explorer, Tools>Folder Options>File Types, scroll down to
XLS,
> > click Change and align it back to 2003.
> >
> > --
> > HTH
> >
> > Bob Phillips
> >
> > (replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)
> >
> > "Rakesh Parekh" <RakeshParekh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> > news:F612E1E2-C460-436D-AF1E-63C2D43D2ED9@microsoft.com...
> > > I have both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 installed on my PC. For
> > > Practical work I use Excel 2003. I have an Excel file prepared
> > > in Excel 2003 which automatically runs with macro every two
> > > hours. Problem is that by default it opens Excel 2007 and gets
> > > an error because all my setting is based on Excel 2003. I want
> > > Excel 2003 to be my default application instead of Excel 2007.
> > > The path for Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 are different on my PC.
> > > Also I set my Excel 2003 file to "Open with" Excel2003.Exe path
> > > but it still opens in Excel 2007.
> > >
> > > Please help.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Rakesh
> >
> >
> >