Can u stop old 2003 files from opening with 2007?

[lgodfrey]

I've loaded 2007 beta 2 onto my wxp, all updates, machine.

office 2003 is still on my machine too.

If I double click a file that explorer recognizes as a 2003 file, it will open up in 2007.

I would like to have my old xl files open with old xl, and only those create/saved as 2007 files open with 2007

can't seem to make this happen with explorer/tools/folder options/file types/opens with: propery.

My workaround is to open 2003 first, then double click on the file (or use 2003 file open of course), but this is much slower than doing a dbl click.

any suggestions?

Regards

Larry

[lgodfrey]

here's the solution: (you have to use the advanced option, which will not show up if you have already tried to change the file association, in which case you have to reset the file association and then do the following.

Thanks to Dan Battagin of Microsoft.

1. Open up My Computer

2. Choose Tools | Folder Options > File Types

3. Find XLS and click Advanced

4. Click Open, and choose Edit...

5. Change the settings to be as shown below

a. Application used to perform action: Change to point to Office11\Excel.exe, and put double quotes around the %1

b. DDE Message: delete the value there

6. Click OK out of all of the dialogs

You should now be good to go - XLS will open in XL2003, and everything else will still use XL2007

Cheers,

Dan