re-assign Microsoft Excel to open Excel Spreadsheets

Method 1:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. Type "excel.exe" (without quotes)

3. Type a space followed by the "/regserver" switch (without quotes).

4. Now click the Open button OR hit the Enter key on your keyboard to run Microsoft Excel with this command line switch.

If you get an error that states "Cannot find the file..." or "Windows cannot find...", use Method 2.



Method 2:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. Click Browse.

3. Locate the Office folder, click the excel.exe file, and then click Open. The excel.exe file is located in the following folder by default:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office
It is also possible that the excel.exe file could be found in the following folder depending on which version of Microsoft Excel (or Microsoft Office) you have:
Microsoft Excel XP (2002) or Microsoft Office XP (2002): C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE10
Microsoft Excel 2003 or Microsoft Office 2003: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11

Note: The path to excel.exe is enclosed in quotation marks.

4. Click in the Open box, and then reposition the insertion point outside of (to the right of) the closing quotation mark at the end of the path statement.

5. Type a space followed by the "/regserver" switch (without quotes).

6. Now click the Open button OR hit the Enter key on your keyboard to run Microsoft Excel with this command line switch.



This will start Microsoft Excel in the background, make changes to the Windows registry, and then quit. This will force a re-register of Microsoft Excel in the Windows registry.

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