Not sure if this is a Windows problem or Excel problem, butI hope someone here has a solution.
On a Windows 10 computer with Office 2010 already installed, I installed Office 2016. The programs run OK from the various Start buttons, but when I double-click an XLS or XLSX from Windows Explorer, then the file is launched into Excel 2010 instead of the desired 2016. I have worked through various screens in Control Panel > Default Programs, but nothing seems to make a difference. Here’s what I’ve found:
– Control Panel > Default Programs > Set your default programs
– choose Excel 2016 from the list of programs
– Set this program as Default
– nothing appears to happen, and nothing changes with double-click behaviour
– Try something different
– Choose defaults for this program
– bottom of the dialog, under “protocols”
– Url:Excel Protocol
– listed as Microsoft Office 2010 <——- this seems to need changing to 2016, but how?
– go back to "Default Programs" in Control Panel
– Associate a file type of protocol with a specific program
– scroll thru the list until find .XLS
– click "Change Program…"
– browse thru various folders until find the EXE for Excel 2016, and select that one
– makes NO difference to what opens with double-clicking a filename
– try something different
– Scroll to the bottom of the list of file types and protocols
– locate MS_EXCEL
– it is listed as Microsoft Office 2010
– Click "Change Program…"
– Only two options are offered
– Office 2010
– Look for an app in the Store
– WHAT???? there is no option to browse the file system to find the Excel 2016 program that is installed on this computer.
I hope someone can tell me how to resolve this issue.
