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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unlike other browsers, Firefox only uses internal settings to select a PDF viewer. Open the "Firefox" menu, click "Options" and open "Applications." Scroll down to "Portable Document Format (PDF)." ...

Microsoft has reversed a Windows 11 design change that made it highly annoying to change the default browser used by the operating system. Previously, web browsers could configure themselves as the ...