How can I permanently disable Excel's Compatiblity Checker?

We're using the Excel 2003 format with VFP9. On opening Excel 2003 documents in the background Excel 2010 blocks because of its Compatibility Checker requiring an answer from the client which - as in the background - can not be given.
So, is there any possibility to GLOBALLY turn off Excel Compatibility Checking feature (i.e. not just for one document after it's been opened)?
What btw. is the meaning of the following Registry value: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Options\AlwaysCheckCompatibility, which when entered (REG_DWORD?) and set to 0x0 has no effect?

Hi
Thank you for using
Microsoft Office for IT Professionals Forums.
From your description, I would suggest you to create the ShowCompatDianlog registry DWORD value refer to following:
Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry
before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft
Windows registry
Exit Excel 2010.
Click
Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click
OK.
Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Options
On the
Edit menu, point to New, and then click
DWORD Value.
Type
ShowCompatDialog, and then press ENTER.
Right-click
ShowCompatDialog, and then click Modify.
In the
Value data box, type 0, and then click
OK.
On the
File menu, click Exit to exit Registry Editor.
More detail information here:
Note: Excel registry setting is similar with PowerPoint
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929355
Please take your time to try the suggestions and let me know the results at your earliest convenience. If anything is unclear or if there is anything I can
do for you, please feel free to let me know.
Sincerely
Rex Zhang
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