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Can't change spreadsheet default app to Excel 97
I am running Excel and Word from Office 97 because the later versions don't do anything more for me than 97 does. I have tried to set the default app for *.xls spreadsheets to Excel 97, but Windows is having none of it- it wants me to purchase Office 2010 (or whatever later version that I absolutely neither need nor want) and so Office 2010 Starter is the only *.xls spreadsheet default app shown and there is no option to browse for the version of Excel.exe I actually want to set as the default app.
How can I force Windows 7, choking and gagging no doubt because Mr. Gates can't live without my $300 for absolutely nothing of any value to me, to allow me to set Excel 97 as my default *.xls app?
Alternatively, how can I set up a desktop shortcut to my most regularly-used spreadsheet that will allow me to specify the Office 97 version of Excel.exe to open it with? I have done this once on another Win 7 machine but forgotten how I dood it.
Thanks in advance for any help, and apologies for the mini-rant against Microsoft, but their hubris, arrogance and complete contempt for their customers just leave me breathless at times.
Last edited by Hoggy Dog; 26 Sep 2017 at 19:46. Reason: Typos