file association problem

[bill cavanaugh]

After installing a shareware program, I can no longer click on an excel spreadsheet and have the spreadsheet automatically load
excel and run the spreadsheet.  I tried reinstalling excel - no help.  I looked at the file associations and they all seem ok.  I am using excel 97 and Windows 2000.  Any ideas on how to fix this?

[pcdoc4christ]

Bill:

You may restore a backup (if you made one with the Microsoft Backup utility prior to installing the software).

You may also restore a copy of the registry (if you exported one prior to the installation).  

You may also try uninstalling the program that caused the problem.

Regards,
Doc

[Raptor]

If this is Windows XP, do the following:

1. Start
2. Settings
3. Control Panel
4. Folder Options
5. File types tab.
6. Reconfigure the .xml extension to use Excel.