All my excel files were converted to pdf. Why would this happen and how do i stop it from doing so?

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All my excel files were converted to pdf. Why would this happen and how do i stop it from doing so?
Relax, they weren't converted to PDF.
You can tell by right clicking ANY of them and choosing "Properties". You'll see there that they're STILL .xls or .xlsx files. The "association" has changed and Windows now indicates that they open with Reader, which isn't right.
Where it says "Open With" under the General tab, you can click "Change" and re-select Excel as the default app to open thim.
See: http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/application-file-icons-change-acrobat.html

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