To configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program instead of in Internet Explorer, use one of the following methods.
Note These methods configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program for all users."
Method 1: Use the Folder Options tool
Note If you are running Windows NT 4.0, you may not be able to use the following procedure to configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program. If you are running Windows NT 4.0, use Method 2.
Note If you are running Terminal Server on Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003, you may not be able to click
Advanced to open the
Edit File Type dialog box in step 4 of this procedure. This issue occurs if the NoFileAssociate policy is enabled. Enabling this policy prevents users (including administrators) from changing file type associations for all users.
For additional information about this behavior, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
257592 Changes in file types and file association features in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003
To configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program by using the Folder Options tool:
- Open My Computer.
- On the Tools menu (or the
View menu), click Folder Options (or click
Options). - Click the File Types tab.
- In the Registered file types list, click the specific Office document type (for example, Microsoft Excel Worksheet), and then click Advanced (or click Edit).
- In the Edit File Type dialog box, click to clear the Browse in same window check box (or click to clear the Open Web documents in place check box).
- Click OK.
Method 2: Edit the Windows Registry
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
To configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program by editing the Windows registry, set the BrowserFlags DWORD value to a correct value for the appropriate document type. To do this, follow these steps:
- Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
- Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes
- Locate the subkey for the specific Office document type. The following table lists the subkeys for several common Office document types.
Document Type Subkey
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Microsoft Office Excel 95 Worksheet Excel.Sheet.5
Microsoft Office Excel 97-2003 Worksheet Excel.Sheet.8
Microsoft Office Excel 2007-2010 Worksheet Excel.Sheet.12
Microsoft Office Excel 2007-2010 Macro-Enabled Worksheet Excel.SheetMacroEnabled.12
Microsoft Office Excel 2007-2010 Binary Worksheet Excel.SheetBinaryMacroEnabled.12
Microsoft Office Word 95 Document Word.Document.6
Microsoft Office Word 97-2003 Document Word.Document.8
Microsoft Office Word 2007-2010 Document Word.Document.12
Microsoft Office Word 2007-2010 Macro-Enabled Document Word.DocumentMacroEnabled.12
Rich Text Format Word.RTF.8
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 95 Presentation PowerPoint.Show.7
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation PowerPoint.Show.8
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007-2010 Macro-Enabled Presentation PowerPoint.Show.12
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 97-2003 Slide Show PowerPoint.Show.8
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007-2010 Slide Show PowerPoint.Show.12
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007-2010 Macro-Enabled Slide Show PowerPoint.ShowMacroEnabled.12
Microsoft Excel 7.0 worksheet Excel.Sheet.5
Microsoft Excel 97 worksheetExcel.Sheet.8
Microsoft Excel 2000 worksheet Excel.Sheet.8
Microsoft Word 7.0 document Word.Document.6
Microsoft Word 97 document Word.Document.8
Microsoft Word 2000 document Word.Document.8
Microsoft Project 98 project MSProject.Project.8
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 document PowerPoint.Show.8
To locate the subkey for a document type that is not included in this table, find the subkey for the extension that is associated with the document type. The (default) value for that subkey contains the name of the subkey for that document type. For example, the .xls extension is associated with Excel worksheets. Under the .xls subkey, the (default) value contains the string "Excel.Sheet.5." Therefore, the subkey for the Microsoft Excel Worksheet document type is the following subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Excel.Sheet.5
- After you identify the subkey for the specific Office document type, follow these steps:
- If the Office document is an Microsoft Office Excel document, add the following value for all Microsoft Office Excel subkeys except the Excel.Sheet.5 subkey:
Value name: BrowserFlags
Data type: REG_DWORD
Value: 8
For the Excel.Sheet.5 subkey, add the following value: Value name: BrowserFlags
Data type: REG_DWORD
Value: 9
- If the Office document is an Microsoft Office Word document or an Rich Text Format document, add the following value for all Microsoft Office Word subkeys except the Word.Document.12 subkey, the Word.DocumentMacroEnabled.12 subkey and the Word.RTF.8 subkey.
Value name: BrowserFlags
Data type: REG_DWORD
Value: 8
For the Word.Document.12 subkey, the Word.DocumentMacroEnabled.12 subkey and the Word.RTF.8 subkey, add the following value:Value name: BrowserFlags
Data type: REG_DWORD
Value: 44(Decimal)
- If the Office document is an Microsoft Office PowerPoint document, add the following value for all subkeys except PowerPoint.SlideShow.12 and PowerPoint.SlideShowMacroEnabled.12.
Value name: BrowserFlags
Data type: REG_DWORD
Value: 10(Decimal)
For PowerPoint.SlideShow.12 and PowerPoint.SlideShowMacroEnabled.12, delete the BrowerFlags if it exists.
- Click OK, and then quit Registry Editor.