Each file in your Windows operating system has an extension in its filename, eg. .txt, .doc, etc. These extensions are used to identify the program, with which, windows can open this file. You can set ...

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 find that you cannot open a particular file type, then our File Association Fixer v2 for Windows 11/10/8/7 will be able to easily help you fix, repair, and restore the broken file associations.

Group Policy enables businesses to control and configure computer and user settings in an Active Directory environment. Administrators can use Group Policy Management Console to make changes to ...

Windows: Whether Windows isn't sure how to open a specific file, or you'd rather just use a different program than the default, you probably have to deal with Windows' Open With menu from time to time ...

When you double-click a file on your computer, Windows may launch an application to run or display the file. Windows knows how to do this because it maintains a list of known file types and the names ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I’m getting the dreaded “Explorer.EXE, This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this ...

In macOS, the Open With contextual menu that appears when you right-click (or Ctrl-click) on a file provides links to all the applications installed on your Mac that are associated with that file type ...

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, though, to ...