Create a reg file and add the following stuff:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE\" /e \"%1\"" "orig"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE\" /dde" "command.depr"=hex(7):78,00,62,00,27,00,42,00,56,00,66,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,21,\ 00,21,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,4d,00,4b,00,4b,00,53,00,6b,00,45,00,58,00,\ 43,00,45,00,4c,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,56,00,69,00,6a,00,71,\ 00,42,00,6f,00,66,00,28,00,59,00,38,00,27,00,77,00,21,00,46,00,49,00,64,00,\ 31,00,67,00,4c,00,51,00,20,00,2f,00,64,00,64,00,65,00,00,00,00,00 "command"=- [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Open\ddeexec.depr] @="[open(\"%1\")]" "orig"="[open(\"%1\")]" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Open\ddeexec.depr\application] @="Excel" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Open\ddeexec.depr\topic] @="system" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Open\ddeexec] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.12\shell\Open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE\" /e \"%1\"" "orig"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE\" /dde" "command.depr"=hex(7):78,00,62,00,27,00,42,00,56,00,66,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,21,\ 00,21,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,4d,00,4b,00,4b,00,53,00,6b,00,45,00,58,00,\ 43,00,45,00,4c,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,56,00,69,00,6a,00,71,\ 00,42,00,6f,00,66,00,28,00,59,00,38,00,27,00,77,00,21,00,46,00,49,00,64,00,\ 31,00,67,00,4c,00,51,00,20,00,2f,00,64,00,64,00,65,00,00,00,00,00 "command"=-