file type association with Excel 2007

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chang.luo@gmail.com - 29 Jan 2007 23:12 GMT

Hi,
I am trying to associate a file type with Excel 2007. E.g. when I
double click file type "abc", I want it opened with Excel 2007. I can
do that with previous versions of Excel or even Word 2007. But when
it comes to Excel 2007, it has no action after I double click that
file.

The excel icon is shown on that file's icon.

I have to open excel then file->open to open that file.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Chang

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Ron de Bruin - 30 Jan 2007 16:50 GMT

Maybe ?

Office button >Excel options
Advanced....Ignore other applications

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> Hi,
> I am trying to associate a file type with Excel 2007. E.g. when I
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chang.luo@gmail.com - 30 Jan 2007 19:06 GMT

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried both (either checked or unchecked)
but the problem still remains. More thoughts?

I can double click open an .xls or .xlsx file. I just can't define my
own association. (e.g. extension 'abc').

> Maybe ?
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Michael Bednarek - 31 Jan 2007 09:55 GMT

>I am trying to associate a file type with Excel 2007. E.g. when I
>double click file type "abc", I want it opened with Excel 2007. I can
>do that with previous versions of Excel or even Word 2007. But when
>it comes to Excel 2007, it has no action after I double click that
>file.

What kind of file is the .abc file? A real Excel workbook? Or a CSV or
TAB-delimited or fixed-width text file?

How did you do that with previous versions of Excel or with Word 2007?
Whatever that method was, doesn't it work with Excel 2007?

>The excel icon is shown on that file's icon.
>
>I have to open excel then file->open to open that file.

Try this from a command console:
ASSOC .abc=Excel.Sheet
then double-click it in Explorer.

Works here with Excel 11 (aka 2003).

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chang.luo@gmail.com - 31 Jan 2007 19:32 GMT

interesting! Assoc works fine!

I tried to use Explorer -> Tools -> Options -> File Types to associate
file types with Excel but it doesn't work. The command line ASSOC
achieved my requirement.

.abc is either a plain text file or a tab seperated file.

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