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 ...

Microsoft is making it easier to change your default file associations by adding a new search feature that lets you quickly find the extension you wish to modify. When a program is installed in ...

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Have you ever noticed how your computer knows which program to open when you double click on a file? It doesn’t always know but most of the time it does. When it doesn’t know, your computer will ask ...