How to set Office 2003 as default if Office 2007 is also installed

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Karen852

I have both Office 2003 and 2007 installed, but still want to use Office 2003
as my default office program. So far I can't find a way to do it despite
following all the instructions in the "Help". For example, when I select
"Open With" for a .doc program, only one version of Word is offered, which is
Word 2007. That's not what I wanted.
 
D

DL

You should specify the default version of each application by
registering it using 'Start | Run'. If you don't register the
application then the last version installed becomes the default.

(Enter the full file path and name of the program, note that
/regserver is outside the quote marks.)
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Excel.exe" /regserver
The above will register Excel 2003 as the default on most systems -
change the file path / file name as appropriate.

The above was taken from an MS doc. - origonally pertaining to earlier
versions of Office, I'm assuming it is relevent to later versions
 
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