Want to make sure photos open in Photoshop, web pages open in Chrome, and text files open in Word? You can control which app launches when you open a file on a Windows PC or Mac. Here's how to set ...

Windows 8.1 comes with several default applications, including Mail, Music, Videos, Photos, Games and Camera. These default programs are arranged on your Start screen; left-clicking an icon opens the ...

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 ...

Apache OpenOffice's suite of productivity tools includes free replacements for virtually any Office program, but it might not be configured as the default. Changing the Windows 8 defaults resolves ...

When you launch a OneNote note, Windows 10 will detect two versions of OneNote apps, prompting you to choose the version you want to use as the default app for opening future notebooks. You will then ...

Kavindu installed KMPlayer, then discovered that more file types opened in KMPlayer than he wanted. When you open a data file, Windows uses the file’s extension (such as .docx, .mp3, .jpg) to see in ...

Likely fed up with the new Windows 11 default apps interface, Mozilla has bypassed Microsoft's policies to make it easier for users to switch their default browser. In the past, when a Windows ...

Q. I recently loaded the Easyshare software that came with my Kodak digital camera on my new Windows Vista laptop. But when I transferred photos from my camera to the PC, they showed up in Microsoft ...