Windows 8 chooses its default players to run your music and video, but what if you want different programs to open your files? Here's how to change them. John Thompson John Thompson has been addicted ...

Prior to Windows XP, it was possible to set a program to be executed for each file extension and to divide file icons, but in Windows Vista and Windows 7, the icons of programs to be executed may be ...

Often when you install a new application, it asks you to make it the default program for certain file types. If you're too quick with the "Enter" key during installation, you might inadvertently grant ...

Though Windows Media Player is your computer's initial default media program, each subsequent player that you install tries to replace it. After you've installed several players, Windows may associate ...

One of the common things we do is to set the default applications, with which we would like to open files. We usually fix the default browser, the default video player, and so on. In this post, I’ll ...

When you double-click on a file in Windows 8, Windows will automatically open that file using a program that has been associated with that file's extension. There may come a time, though, that you ...

Microsoft is now using a Windows driver to prevent users from changing the configured Windows 10 and Windows 11 default browser through software or by manually modifying the Registry. Windows Terminal ...

Did you ever notice that when you install a new software program, the installation program asks you a lot of questions? The most important one is, "Where do you want to put this puppy?" And then the ...

Windows only: Tiny, portable utility Default Programs Editor makes short work of changing file associations, autoplay settings, and can even change the icon associated with a file type. Once you've ...

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Every file on your hard drive (.jpeg, .html, and the like) can be associated with a compatible program, which will open that file format by default. Some applications will change a format’s default ...