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 Can Windows Explorer ‘File Types’ settings be amended by Group Policy?
ADM template, Excel 2007, File extensions, File Types, Group Policy, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel 2007, Office 2007, Windows Explorer, Windows XP, XLS
To enable our reporting software to correctly export to Excel 2007 (WXP SP2 operating system) we need to change the following Windows Explorer 'File Types' setting: Open windows explorer and navigate to the XLS file type and enable the "browse in same window" option, see path: ToolsFolder OptionsFile Typesselect XLS file typeselect Advancedenable "Browse in same window" Can this be done by group policy ADM template, or does anyone know of a registry key to enable the same key?

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ASKED: October 22, 2008  9:37 AM
UPDATED: December 9, 2008  3:31 PM
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