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by mslonecker

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I have a user when he receives an excel attachment in Outlook it will only open in Adobe Reader. All other file types open in the proper application. If he saves the excel file and opens it the file will open properly. He is using Outlook 2000 with Windows XP professional OS.

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by robo_dev

Manually repairing file associations

You'll need to be able to view file extensons in Windows Explorer to follow the instructions below.

First, start Windows Explorer (right-click Start, click Explore)
Browse to locate a file of the type you're having problems with.

* Right click on the file and select "Open With" from the pop-up menu
* Select "Choose Program"
* Locate the program you want Windows to use to open files of this type and select it
* Put a checkmark next to "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file".
* Click OK

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