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Edits to "Edit File Type" dialog for Excel not sticking

Hello Experts,

I foolishly changed the settings for xls open and new in the "Editing action for type" dialog.

I added '%1' to the end of the "Application used to perform action" and now I need to remove that but whenever I do it just keeps reappearing. How do I make this change stick.

Having this %1 in there is causing errors when I try to open xls files.

Thanks
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Ivano Viola

Click browse then select a different application other than excel.exe (eg. word.exe). Click OK. Re-open and see if the setting kept. If so lets change it back to Excel.exe by clicking browse. After selecting Excel.exe make sure you add the /e /n to the end of the string as shown above. Hit OK. Hopefully the setting kept without the and the %1 is gone.

Let us know how it goes.

johnb6767

There should be a Default button you can click in teh file type, which should reset it......

If needed, log in as another Admin account, and try it there.....

eshurak

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Ivanoviola - Even after changing the application to PPT it's adds the %1 back in.

John - There is a "set default" button on the "Edit File Type" dialog but it just changes the default action when something is double clicked, i.e. open, edit, print.

Ivano Viola

Can you delete the file type association (take note of the entries and values), reboot the computer then click "New" to manually re-add it? This might work.

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Edits to &quot;Edit File Type&quot; dialog for Excel not sticking

Edits to "Edit File Type" dialog for Excel not sticking