Do you want to open a file type or link with a specific app? Here's how to change the default app settings on Windows 11.

When you open files that have a particular file extension, Windows will look at its configuration to determine what the default program should be in order to work with these files. The default ...

To change your default file manager in Windows 11, open the Start menu, type the name of the third-party file explorer you installed, and select "Open File Location." ...

If you can't change default app by file type in Windows 11/10, then reset the problematic app, remove file type association, etc.

Windows 11 can make it easier to access your extensions through apps. Here's how. Windows 11 can keep track of the apps you open and set them by default for faster navigation.

If you're done with File Explorer in Windows 11, you can hack the Windows Registry to change it to something else.

Now that you’ve changed the default program for this file, the button for Change All is active. This button will set your Mac to use the selected application to open files of this type.

If you have selected some option to Always use this app to open a file with, and you would like to undo this action, then this post shows how exactly to do this.

The default applications your computer uses to open files can be changed if you prefer to use something other than what is currently set. When working with PDF files, for example, you can change ...

Choose the This PC option from the Open File Explorer to drop down menu. As helpful as it may be to get File Explorer to display This PC by default, there is one more trick that I want to show you.

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 ...

When you double-click on a file in Windows XP, the operating system will automatically open the file using a program that has been is associated with the file's extension. It is possible ...