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09-26-2007
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| | Forced association with Office 2007 I use Vista. I have Office 2003 (Word and Excel) installed. I can launch these programs and then open a file. But when I double click to open a file directly from within the directory, .doc and .xls are now launching an installation of Office 2007--installation process begins and I have to cancel it. Somehow MS got it so that the extensions are associated with the new versions. How do I get it back so that the 2003 programs launch, not the nonexistent 2007 Office that I DON'T want installed?. |
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09-26-2007
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| | Re: Forced association with Office 2007 JohnM wrote: Quote: > I use Vista. I have Office 2003 (Word and Excel) installed. I can launch > these programs and then open a file. But when I double click to open a file > directly from within the directory, .doc and .xls are now launching an > installation of Office 2007--installation process begins and I have to cancel > it. Somehow MS got it so that the extensions are associated with the new > versions. How do I get it back so that the 2003 programs launch, not the > nonexistent 2007 Office that I DON'T want installed?. computer. Go to Control Panel>Programs and Features and uninstall it. This should not affect your installed Office 2003. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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09-26-2007
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| | Re: Forced association with Office 2007 That did it. I didn't think it would be so simple. This is the first time I tried posting something. Thanks. "Malke" wrote: Quote: > JohnM wrote: Quote: > > I use Vista. I have Office 2003 (Word and Excel) installed. I can launch > > these programs and then open a file. But when I double click to open a file > > directly from within the directory, .doc and .xls are now launching an > > installation of Office 2007--installation process begins and I have to cancel > > it. Somehow MS got it so that the extensions are associated with the new > > versions. How do I get it back so that the 2003 programs launch, not the > > nonexistent 2007 Office that I DON'T want installed?. > It sounds like you have a trial version of Office 2007 installed on the > computer. Go to Control Panel>Programs and Features and uninstall it. > This should not affect your installed Office 2003. > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > |
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09-26-2007
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| | Re: Forced association with Office 2007 JohnM wrote: Quote: > That did it. I didn't think it would be so simple. This is the first time I > tried posting something. Thanks. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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