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?.

JohnM wrote:
> 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
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That did it. I didn't think it would be so simple. This is the first time I
tried posting something. Thanks.

"Malke" wrote:

> JohnM wrote:
> > 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
>

JohnM wrote:
> That did it. I didn't think it would be so simple. This is the first time I
> tried posting something. Thanks.

Glad it sorted things for you. Thanks for taking the time to post back.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User