We have seen how we can set or change File Associations & Extensions via the Control Panel Default Programs applet. Windows 11/10 also allows you to configure these File Associations via Settings. For ...

Microsoft uses file associations to set default programs for opening different file types on all its operating systems. As a result, when you open a file, be it text, image, or document, on your ...

BearPup sometimes wants to open a file in one program, and other times open it in another. He asked the Answer Line forum for an easy way to do this. Windows uses a file’s extension–the part of the ...

When you double-click a file on your computer, Windows may launch an application to run or display the file. Windows knows how to do this because it maintains a list of known file types and the names ...

With nearly 9,000 file extensions listed and 50 users browsing the site on a Saturday night, the Dot What!? claims to be the net’s #1 file extension website. It offers visitors an opportunity to ...

When you open files that have a particular file extension, Windows will look at its configuration to determine what the default program should be in order to work with these files. The default program ...

When you double-click on a file in Windows XP, the operating system will automatically open the file using a program that has been is associated with the file's extension. It is possible, though, to ...