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I am using Microsoft Excel via CrossOver... which works great when I use "Open With."

However, when I open a SS by clicking on it, it opens in OpenOffice instead of Excel.

To configure KDE, I tried the following:

1. rt clk the Excel SS > Open With > Windows Applications > Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Excel 2003 > check Remember application association... and the SS opens in Excel... YESS!

However, the next time I click on the SS, it opens in OpenOffice... Bummer!

2. System Configuration > KDE Components > File Associations > application > msexcel > Add > Windows Applications > Programs > Microsoft Office > dbl clk Microsoft Office Excel 2003 > MS Excel is added to the top of the list (just above OpenOffice) > Apply > OK

When I follow the same procedure as a check, MS Excel is not in the list any more (OpenOffice is the only entry).

3. Using the procedure in #2, I applied the same changes to vnd.ms-excel... with the same result... clicking on a SS still opens in OpenOffice.

It is as though KDE allows me to make changes, but does not "remember" them.

How do I get my SSs to open in Excel instead of OpenOffice?

Thank you for the fast reply.

As you suggested, I ran kmenuedit, but the command for opening Excel is the same as the command shown in file associations.

Rinse... I got it working. Thank you for your help!