BleepingComputer.com: Have Office 2003 & 2007 On My Computer

I have both Office 2003 and Office 2007 on my computer. I want Excel and Word 2003 to be the default programs to open files when I double click on them from e-mails etc. Somehow, and I don't know what I did to accomplish it, I got Word 2003 as the default program. I tried all sorts of things to no avail to make Excel 2003 the default program, but no luck. I've tried the normal "open with" assignment, but Excel 2003 cannot be brought into the Open With Default Program List. What am I doing wrong? Any ideas on how to force this to happen? Before my HD crashed, Excel 2003 was the default program, but I set that up with help more than 2 years ago and I cannot remember what was done.

It looks like you will have to mess with the registry a little bit
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet...-default-t.aspx

Thank you for your quick response. I forgot to mention that I now have Windows 7 so there is no "Run" command. Supposedly you can type in the command into the "Search Programs and Files" box and then activate it by clicking on the file when it appears above. I've tried that several different ways and have had no luck. I'm guessing that I'll have to go into the Registry, but I'm a tad reluctant to that right now. The link implys that those commands are inputted via the "run" command and do not directly go into the Registry.

This post has been edited by IrishLefty: 02 January 2010 - 11:16 PM

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950505#Let...xItMyselfAlways

This post has been edited by garmanma: 04 January 2010 - 01:29 PM

I finally got it to work. I had to mess with the path and there was a file in Excel 2003 that needed reloading. Thank you so very much.

Thanks for posting back with the fix
Glad it's working