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November 30th, 2004, 08:43 PM
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Office 2003 User Settings (Opening DBF files with Excel via Explorer)
I'm running Win XP Pro and wish to open a DBF file with Excel 2003 via
Windows Explorer (as is possible with Excel 2000/Win98SE, simply by associating DBF files with Excel), but get an error dialog: "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed." Having trawled the web, it seems as though the Office 2003 user settings need amending. I've looked at the Microsoft Knowledge base and have been unable to readily trace a step-by-step guide that also includes the Excel/DBF association steps. Is anyone aware of such a guide ? TIA Regards, Dave Purdy. [posted earlier at microsoft.public.excel.setup] 
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November 30th, 2004, 08:50 PM
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Off-topic for this newsgroup, but see
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859 "How to change file associations in Windows XP". David Purdy wrote: I'm running Win XP Pro and wish to open a DBF file with Excel 2003 via Windows Explorer (as is possible with Excel 2000/Win98SE, simply by associating DBF files with Excel), but get an error dialog: "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed." Having trawled the web, it seems as though the Office 2003 user settings need amending. I've looked at the Microsoft Knowledge base and have been unable to readily trace a step-by-step guide that also includes the Excel/DBF association steps. Is anyone aware of such a guide ? TIA Regards, Dave Purdy. [posted earlier at microsoft.public.excel.setup]
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November 30th, 2004, 09:53 PM
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"garfield-n-odie" wrote in message
... Off-topic for this newsgroup, but see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859 "How to change file associations in Windows XP". Many thanks for the suggestion - I experimented with this but had no luck with Excel (perhaps more detailed guidelines are necessary ?). Regards, Dave.
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December 1st, 2004, 11:03 AM
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More info ...
I'm running Win XP Pro and wish to open a DBF file with Excel 2003 via Windows Explorer (as is possible with Excel 2000/Win98SE, simply by associating DBF files with Excel), but get an error dialog: "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed." If Excel 2003 is *already open*, then selecting a .DBF file in Windows Explorer opens successfully in Excel. Regards, Dave.
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