If your Excel files are opening in Notepad on Windows PC, here's how you can reset the settings to make .xls, .xlsx, etc files open in Excel.

Finally, select Microsoft Excel. If Excel files are opening in Notepad on Windows 10 or 11, you need to use the Open with option to select your preferred app. With this, you remove the guessing game ...

Microsoft has started rolling out the new and completely redesigned Notepad for Windows 11 to all Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel.