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date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:43:54 -0400,
group: microsoft.public.excel
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Re: Problem opening Txt file in excel 2007
Hey there Bob, yes you're right, that does work and would be my solution for
sure... The users (typical) want to be able to do it the same way as before
where they right click on the file and open with Excel. Odd that it doesn't
work for them now. On other computers it does, just not one department
here...
Any ideas what's different, or can be changed to resolve?
"Bob I" wrote in message
news:OmtUzDeCJHA.3268@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Open Excel, then Office button, Open, and get your txt file from there.
>
> T. Smith wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> We are trying to open .txt documents in excel like we used to in excel
>> 2003, but since upgrade to excel 2007 when we right click and try to open
>> the txt file with excel 2007 it always opens it in Notepad... Even
>> when we specifically choose Excel to open it with, it still opens it with
>> notepad..
>>
>> Does anyone know an easy fix for this by any chance??
>>
>> Cheers!
>
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:32:45 -0400
author: T. Smith
Re: Problem opening Txt file in excel 2007
You will have to "force" the issue. R-click the TXT file, select Choose
program, then in the next dialog box, put a tick in Always Use, THEN
pick Excel. That should cause it to be opened in Excel by double-click
from then on.
T. Smith wrote:
> Hey there Bob, yes you're right, that does work and would be my solution for
> sure... The users (typical) want to be able to do it the same way as before
> where they right click on the file and open with Excel. Odd that it doesn't
> work for them now. On other computers it does, just not one department
> here...
>
> Any ideas what's different, or can be changed to resolve?
>
> "Bob I" wrote in message
> news:OmtUzDeCJHA.3268@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>>Open Excel, then Office button, Open, and get your txt file from there.
>>
>>T. Smith wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi there,
>>>
>>>We are trying to open .txt documents in excel like we used to in excel
>>>2003, but since upgrade to excel 2007 when we right click and try to open
>>>the txt file with excel 2007 it always opens it in Notepad... Even
>>>when we specifically choose Excel to open it with, it still opens it with
>>>notepad..
>>>
>>>Does anyone know an easy fix for this by any chance??
>>>
>>>Cheers!
>>
>
>
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:16:49 -0500
author: Bob I
Re: Problem opening Txt file in excel 2007
Ya, that's what I thought, but it keeps opening it with Notepad... Weird...
If a new user logs onto the computer that didn't already have a profile on
the computer it works fine. Just not with the users currently on there. I
could always blow away the profile and rebuild their profiles, but if
there's a different solution for it I'd like to try that first...
"Bob I" wrote in message
news:OPxVDpeCJHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> You will have to "force" the issue. R-click the TXT file, select Choose
> program, then in the next dialog box, put a tick in Always Use, THEN pick
> Excel. That should cause it to be opened in Excel by double-click from
> then on.
>
> T. Smith wrote:
>
>> Hey there Bob, yes you're right, that does work and would be my solution
>> for sure... The users (typical) want to be able to do it the same way as
>> before where they right click on the file and open with Excel. Odd that
>> it doesn't work for them now. On other computers it does, just not one
>> department here...
>>
>> Any ideas what's different, or can be changed to resolve?
>>
>> "Bob I" wrote in message
>> news:OmtUzDeCJHA.3268@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Open Excel, then Office button, Open, and get your txt file from there.
>>>
>>>T. Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi there,
>>>>
>>>>We are trying to open .txt documents in excel like we used to in excel
>>>>2003, but since upgrade to excel 2007 when we right click and try to
>>>>open the txt file with excel 2007 it always opens it in Notepad...
>>>>Even when we specifically choose Excel to open it with, it still opens
>>>>it with notepad..
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone know an easy fix for this by any chance??
>>>>
>>>>Cheers!
>>>
>>
>>
>
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:01:26 -0400
author: T. Smith
Re: Problem opening Txt file in excel 2007
You could take a look in Folder options, File types, TXT and see what
the difference is between the two profiles.
T. Smith wrote:
> Ya, that's what I thought, but it keeps opening it with Notepad... Weird...
>
> If a new user logs onto the computer that didn't already have a profile on
> the computer it works fine. Just not with the users currently on there. I
> could always blow away the profile and rebuild their profiles, but if
> there's a different solution for it I'd like to try that first...
>
>
>
>
> "Bob I" wrote in message
> news:OPxVDpeCJHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>>You will have to "force" the issue. R-click the TXT file, select Choose
>>program, then in the next dialog box, put a tick in Always Use, THEN pick
>>Excel. That should cause it to be opened in Excel by double-click from
>>then on.
>>
>>T. Smith wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hey there Bob, yes you're right, that does work and would be my solution
>>>for sure... The users (typical) want to be able to do it the same way as
>>>before where they right click on the file and open with Excel. Odd that
>>>it doesn't work for them now. On other computers it does, just not one
>>>department here...
>>>
>>>Any ideas what's different, or can be changed to resolve?
>>>
>>>"Bob I" wrote in message
>>>news:OmtUzDeCJHA.3268@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Open Excel, then Office button, Open, and get your txt file from there.
>>>>
>>>>T. Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi there,
>>>>>
>>>>>We are trying to open .txt documents in excel like we used to in excel
>>>>>2003, but since upgrade to excel 2007 when we right click and try to
>>>>>open the txt file with excel 2007 it always opens it in Notepad...
>>>>>Even when we specifically choose Excel to open it with, it still opens
>>>>>it with notepad..
>>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone know an easy fix for this by any chance??
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers!
>>>>
>>>
>
>
date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:23:34 -0500
author: Bob I
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