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Why can't I associate files with Excel after upgrading to 2010?

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Mar 15, 202655619 views
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With Excel 2007 I was able to use Open With to associate TSV files with Excel, so that I could double-click on them and they would automatically open with each value in a different cell. But since upgrading to Excel 2010, I can't select Excel as the program to use to open TSV files. If I use Open W…

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Fix for: Why can't I associate files with Excel after upgrading to 2010?

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Found the problem while digging around in my registry. was still pointing at the location of Excel 2007. Apparently the upgrade didn't update this? Changing this to point at the location of Excel 2010 made it so that Excel would show up in the Open …

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