Excel Default Program

[Dermot5]

Hi,

My Excel has been updated to a newer version recently and some files are now showing up with a blank icon. These files were previously opened through excel and i was able to work with the documents. I have been through the open with which leads me to a window with the following name "Choose the program you want to use to open this file". Excel doesn't appear on this window so I hit browse and this leads me to a window which searches the whole computer which is where i become stuck.

Basically I'm trying to make the unrecognized file to allow excel to become the default program.

Can you help please.

Thanks you.

Regards

Dermot.

 

[Scott T]

The install location of Excel can be changed but buy default it will go into, assuming you are using Windows, Program files. You can do a search for excel.exe to find where it is so you know where to go to select it. There should also be a check box to always use this program to open this file in the choose the program window.