BearPup sometimes wants to open a file in one program, and other times open it in another. He asked the Answer Line forum for an easy way to do this. Windows uses a file’s extension–the part of the ...

When you double-click on a file in Windows, it will automatically open a default program that is configured to manage these types of files. It is common, though, want or need to use a different ...

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" from ...

When using Windows 10, it can be very difficult to navigate through all your computer's folders, and annoying to have to search for a program every time you want to use it. This is when shortcuts can ...

Microsoft’s new Windows 10 PowerToys Run feature offers you a quick way to find and launch programs, folders, files, and other items by typing their names. Here’s how PowerToys Run works. Windows ...

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 ...

One of the banes of modern working life comes about when trying to collaborate remotely with colleagues using different software. Mac users pick up a spreadsheet, presentation deck or word-processing ...

Sanuj Bhatia is a Features and News writer for Pocket-lint, specializing in smartphones and wearables. He also keeps a keen eye on smart home gadgets, TVs, and everything in the Apple ecosystem.

If you’re tired of having to jump through hoops to open files with sudo privileges in the GNOME File Manager, Jack Wallen has just the trick you need. Not all Linux file managers are created equal.