Opening Files in Multiple Instances of Excel 2010

I've been using multiple instances of Excel 2003 using two monitors for a long time using Windows XP. I used to do this by opening Excel and opening Excel again from the Start menu and opening files through windows explorer and controlling which instance
of Excel it would open because it opens based on the recent active Excel instance. For example, I open Excel program instance #1 and then I open Excel program instance #2. If I click on the Excel program 1 and then go to windows explorer and open
a file, it will open on Excel program instance #1. If I click on instance #2 then open a file, it will open on instance #2.
However, now I have Windows 7 Pro with Excel 2010. At first, it would ALWAYS open the file in the first instance of Excel whenever I opened a file from windows explorer. I found some registry edits that will open a file in a new instance of Excel
EVERY time. I don't really like either solution. I want to control the number of Excel instances and determine which instance I want the file to open. I know I can do this via the Open/File menu in Excel but it's a much more onerous
way. I would like to know if there is a way I can make Excel 2010 and Win7 behave the way it did before with Excel 2003 and WinXP.

Hmm, it seems it´s really hard to undestand, what our problem is all about.
Even the solution
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2636670 isn´t the right answer.
Ok, i´ll try again:
- i have 2 Excel-Instances running (can see it with TaskMgr) and i don´t want any
more Excel-Instances starting
- for several reasons (data-comparison side-by-side on 2 monitors, etc.), i´d like to control, in which instance
double-clicked XLS-Documents from Mails, Web-Downloads or (most wanted!) PlSql-Developers
"Export to Excel"-function should open
- with Office2003 / WinXP it was very simple:
just activate the desired Excel instance before doing
the double-click or calling the export-function ... the XLS-Document opens exactly in a new window
of the previously activated Excel-instance
So it´s not about opening always in new Excel-Instances, therefore all .bat-Solutions or Registry-
modifications i´ve seen so far wont help. Also the mouse-drag/drop will not work for Web-Downloads
or Database-Exports, even sometimes not for XLS in Outlook-Mails.
Yes, i agree: Win 7 / Office 2010 is a massive downgrade for all users, that need informations on the
screen (instead of large, fancy icons), that want fast and efficient functionality (instead of clicking around
through "ribbons" and waiting more than twice a time for same operations, that run in XP/Office2003 simply great)
After digging the web, experimenting with registry-hacks, etc., i didn´t find any REAL solution.
That´s why i feel, all those of you (incl. me), that
have used their machines like described above, have lost.
Resignated, i wish
i could switch back to XP/Office2003
Regards
CptTom

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