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 program ...

Have you ever tried to open a file in Windows 11, only for the completely wrong application to fire up and start loading it? That’s pretty frustrating, right? Well fortunately, there’s a cool little ...

Click Remove file association (User). The user-specific association for the chosen file type is now removed from the registry. The system will now use global file association settings. The Remove file ...

File Association Fixer for Windows 8, Windows 7 & Windows Vista will let you repair and fix file associations and extensions in a single click. UPDATE: File Association Fixer v2 supports Windows 10, ...

When we talk about file types, we talk about files containing data in a specific format for use by a particular program or programs. Windows Explorer lists file types in its Type column. For example, ...

Windows 7 hides certain files so that they are not able to be seen when you exploring the files on your computer. The files it hides are typically Windows 7 System files that if tampered with could ...

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 ...