Working with Both Excel 2003 and 2007

[QuietMan]

I'm in the middle of transitioning from 2003 to 2007 (half company on each
version)
How do you set it so that Excel 2007 in the primary excel...ie when openning
a file from it automatically defaults to 2007 insted of 2003

Can this be done?

Thanks

 

[Mike H]

Hi,

I have E2003, E2007 & E2010 on the same machine and as I've added new
versions the latest version has become the 'default' version.

Are you saying this isn't happening?
--
Mike

When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that
introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the
question.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Since 2003 has decided it wants to be the default, de-register 2003 and
re-register 2007

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

Start>Run "C:\yourpathto2003\excel.exe" /unregserver

See the space between exe and /unregserver.

Then register 2007

Start>Run "C:\yourpathto2007\excel.exe" /regserver

This process should make Excel 2007 the default for opening files.

You may not have to unregister 2003 first but I err on the side of
caution<g>


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[QuietMan]

Yes that's what I'm saying...it just started to default to excel 2003. Even
if it's an excel 2007 file

 

[Dave Peterson]

Just to be contrary, I don't usually unregister xl2003 first. I figure that
reregistering xl2007 should be enough to take over the association.

I'm not sure what the heck gets reset when you unregister a version.

But if my suggestion failed, I'd use Gord's!

 

[Mike H]

Hi,

You need to unregister 2003 as default

Start|Run and enter

"path to e2003\excel.exe" /unregserver

then start run

"path to e2007\excel.exe" /regserver

Note the syntax is very finnicky, see the space before /

--
Mike

When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that
introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the
question.