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01-10-2008
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| | change default program when opening attachments does anyone know how to change the default program for opening attachments? Right now Vista is opening documents and spreadsheets in microsoft works. I have downloaded microsoft word and excel and would rather have those set as my default. |
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01-10-2008
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| | Re: change default program when opening attachments On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:47:04 -0800, petro <petro@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > does anyone know how to change the default program for opening attachments? > Right now Vista is opening documents and spreadsheets in microsoft works. I > have downloaded Downloaded? Do you mean installed? Quote: > microsoft word and excel and would rather have those set as > my default. Right-click on any .doc file and choose Open With. Choose Word, and check the box that says "Always use this program..." Do the same thing with any .xls file and Excel. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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01-11-2008
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: change default program when opening attachments  Quote: Originally Posted by petro  does anyone know how to change the default program for opening attachments? Right now Vista is opening documents and spreadsheets in microsoft works. I have downloaded microsoft word and excel and would rather have those set as my default. This will show you how for your .doc and .xls files. Default Programs Shawn |
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