banjoep

Thanks. I have already tried that and it doesn't work either. As a trial I did the "open with" and used notepad. I can set .xls files to be opened with notepad or MSWorks spreadsheet ...I just can set it to open with excel.exe.

Files with other extensions work properly, ie double clicking on a .docx opens up in word, .xlsx opens up in excel.

I'm open to any other suggestions.