Excel 97 hyperlink opens with different application than explorer uses

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Excel 97 opens hyperlink using different application than windows explorer uses.

I have created a hyperlink in Excel 97 to a file on my local hard drive. I have both the application and its viewer installed on my machine, but I want to always open files using the viewer not the application itself. When I open a file by double-clicking on it in windows explorer the file is opened in the viewer which is what I want it to do.

However; in Excel when I create a hyperlink to the file, it opens using the application itself.

Does anyone know how Excel97 decides which program to use to open its hyperlinks with?

I am using Excel 97 installed on windows 2000

Thanks