Windows associates data files with applications so that the appropriate program launches automatically when the icon or name of the data file is clicked. For example, if a GIF image is associated with ...

In Windows 11 or Windows 10, you can Configure, Export, Import File Associations and even set or change file associations and extensions using GUI, but there is no option provided to delete an ...

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 you double-click on a file in Windows 8, Windows will automatically open that file using a program that has been associated with that file's extension. There may come a time, though, that you ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you are no longer able to open pdf-files, a one-time reconfiguration of the file type assignment is necessary. For this you need to right click any pdf-file and choose Open with - Choose ...