Excel 2007 Compatibility

Hi there,
I am using BPC 5 (5.0.0.485 to be exact) and upgraded my MS Office version from 2003 to 2007. Now, every time I open a dimension in the Administration module, it tries to open it directly in Excel and throws an warning: "The file you are trying to open, '<dimname>.xls', is in a different format than specified by the file extension. Verify that the file is not corrupted and is from a trusted source before opening the file. Do you want to open the file now?". If I click yes, it opens the file in BPC Admin but when I attempt to save it, it complains that the file is already opened.
If I open the dimension file from Windows explorer, save it in Excel 2003 format and close it, then subsequently open it in BPC Administration, it works fine but if I make changes and save to server, it causes the same warning message as above next time I open the dimension again. Somehow BPC admin is changing the file format.
How can I solve this?
Thanks,
Regis

Dear Regis Cabaret,
You had to have the username and password for log in the SAP Service MarketPlace. The websute link is [https://websmp207.sap-ag.de/support]. After that, you choose the menu "Download" on that website. I think that the SAP was provided SP 11 for SAP BPC 5.1 until now.
Thanks,
Wandi

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