I know we’ve had this issue with our company intranet
Thanks KC, I have been looking for this since I rebuilt my desktop!
Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/kclemson/archive/2004/09/08/227202.aspx
and based on http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;162059
To configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program by using the Folder Options tool:
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- 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.