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 ...

If you cannot change the default app by File Type in Windows 11/10 then this post is sure to help you resolve the issue. Windows 11/10 provides built-in options to change the default app(s) to open ...

I moved my Applications folder to another drive, then moved it back to my boot drive. Somewhere in the shuffle, the file type association of the Desktop (~/Desktop) got reassigned to Terminal (weird, ...

In this post, we will show you how to change the file type extension on Windows 11/10. Every file on our PC has a file type. For audio files, it might be MP3; for documents, it might be Docx or pdf; ...

One of the more frustrating things I experience in daily usage of my Mac is opening a file that launches an unexpected application, which can sometimes result in a failure to open the file. Joe is a ...

I recently changed the file association for a subset of my video collection. Now, I've always assumed that that sort change registered itself on the OS level and that the file itself goes untouched.