What is correct content-type for excel files?

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Published on 2010-05-30T03:54:47Z Indexed on 2010/05/30 4:02 UTC
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I want excel files on a website to open in Excel when clicked, not get saved on desktop, or get opened embedded in a browser etc. Now obviously it all depends on how everything is configured for each user, but what's the best Content-Type and other settings to achieve just that most of the time?

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