How to Make Microsoft Works My Default Calendar

Microsoft Works includes various applications for creating documents, spreadsheets, databases and calendars. While some Windows computers have other calendar programs such as Outlook, you may want to use Works to open calendar files on your computer. Microsoft Works supports the iCalendar (.ics) and vCalendar (.vcs) file formats. If you download calendar files from the Internet or receive them through email, you can make the Microsoft Works Calendar the default program for opening these files.

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  Click "Start" and "Default Programs." Select "Associate a file type or protocol with a program."

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  Click the ".ics" and ".vcs" file extensions that Microsoft Works Calendar uses. Click "Change Program" for each, and choose "Microsoft Works" as the default program.

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  Click "OK" to make Microsoft Works the default calendar application that opens calendar files.