If you’re tired of Windows opening files in the wrong apps, changing file associations may fix the problem. Here’s how to do it.

Each category of file type has many file formats according to their compression level or other factors. The programs recognize the files by their format and open them.

Need to use third-party programs to open files on your PC? Here's how to change file associations in Windows 10 and choose which apps open which file types.

If you can't open a file on your computer, don't give up right away. These tricks will give you a fighting chance of accessing or recovering its contents.

How to open a file with a different program on your Mac When you double-click a file on your Mac, the operating system will automatically open the file using the program assigned to that type of ...

You can add a new file type to the New item section of the Windows 10 Context Menu, but you will have to edit the Windows Registry. Here is how you do it.

Mac OS X computers use a default application to open every file type based on its file extension. If you don't want to use the default application when opening a file, you can select "Open With ...

How to change the default program a file opens with in Windows 7 When you open files that have a particular file extension, Windows will look at its configuration to determine what the default ...