Setting Office XP as the default package

[Jotan]

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I have recently installed Microsoft Office XP Professional on my Windows XP Home PC. XP home already contained the OpenOffice.org1.1. Whenever I try to open a word (.doc) or Excel (.xls) file received through email, my PC automatically opens it with OpenOffice.org1.1

Can anyone please help me to put Microsoft Office XP as the default package when opening Mirosoft Office files

Thanks in advance for your assistanc

Joe

 

[Dreamboat]

For Excel, right-click any Excel filename and choose OPEN WITH, then choose Excel and make sure you click the checkbox that says to always use this program to open files of this type

Do the same with any Word doc

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Hope this helps
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[SA]

Open Windows Explorer, from the Tools Menu, choose Folder Options and then
go to the File type tab. Find each file type you want to set the default
app for and click the "Change" button for the app it opens with an navigate
to Word.exe or Excel.exe

 

[ComputerGuru]

Goto My Computer;
Tools > FOlder Options; Click the File Types Tab.
Scroll down to desired extension. Highlight.
Under Opens With: Press Change.
The rest is elementary.

~ Guru
Prairie Highschool Student
Any other questions or comments E-mail me at:
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[Rob Schneider]

In addition to the above advice, to learn more about what you are doing
to fix this, read in "help" about "file association".

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms