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I had tried that without any luck but tried again after your response and realized that I needed to go into Program Files x86 to find what I needed.<br />
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Huge Thanks!
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I had tried that without any luck but tried again after your response and realized that I needed to go into Program Files x86 to find what I needed.

Huge Thanks!

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Thanks, nhawkinsVA - particularly for your feedback. I'm afraid I'm very 32-bit centric!
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Thanks, nhawkinsVA - particularly for your feedback. I'm afraid I'm very 32-bit centric!

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I am configuring our first Lenovo X1 laptop for a VP. &nbsp;It is running Windows 7 Pro (64 bit)<br />
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I removed the Office 2010 trial that came installed without activating it and have completely &nbsp;installed Office 2007 Pro. &nbsp;The install went without a hitch and I have ran service pack 3 and all of the available updates and patches.<br />
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I am having an issue with Excel not opening .xls files. &nbsp;If I try to open it I get the pop-up to choose a program to use but Excel isn't an option. &nbsp;Same results when I right-click change to/open with etc. &nbsp;I also tried going through the control panel to the file options but got the same result. &nbsp;<br />
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I can open the file from within Excel but if I save or close it I still can't get it to recongize the file format and open normally.<br />
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Does anybody have any suggestions on what might be causing this and/or how I manually browse to Excel to choose it to open the file with?
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I am configuring our first Lenovo X1 laptop for a VP.  It is running Windows 7 Pro (64 bit)

I removed the Office 2010 trial that came installed without activating it and have completely  installed Office 2007 Pro.  The install went without a hitch and I have ran service pack 3 and all of the available updates and patches.

I am having an issue with Excel not opening .xls files.  If I try to open it I get the pop-up to choose a program to use but Excel isn't an option.  Same results when I right-click change to/open with etc.  I also tried going through the control panel to the file options but got the same result.  

I can open the file from within Excel but if I save or close it I still can't get it to recongize the file format and open normally.

Does anybody have any suggestions on what might be causing this and/or how I manually browse to Excel to choose it to open the file with?

Excel 2007 won't open .xls files? Won't give Excel as an option?

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