SharePoint Prompts Login when Opening a XLSX file on a Publishing Site
February 2, 2010
Solution:
Edit the file “serverfilesExcelServer.xml” under C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\TEMPLATE\XML
Comments this line:
<Mapping FileExtension=”xlsx” RedirectUrlTemplate= “/_layouts/xlviewer.aspx?id=|0″ NoGetRedirect=”TRUE”/>