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Many programs offer internal tools for configuring file associations, but the Control Panel configures all file associations through a single Windows feature. The Control Panel can command programs ...

Though Windows Media Player is your computer's initial default media program, each subsequent player that you install tries to replace it. After you've installed several players, Windows may associate ...

In Windows 11/10, it is possible to open different Settings panel pages using various commands. If you receive a program association error when opening a Settings ...

Windows 8 chooses its default players to run your music and video, but what if you want different programs to open your files? Here's how to change them. John Thompson John Thompson has been addicted ...

In Windows 8, Windows Media Player is no longer the default program to open your music files such as MP3 files. When you open a MP3 file, the Music app is used to open and play the file instead. If ...

The Internet has evolved in the last two decades in a way that can hardly be explained, and one application has allowed to do so: the web browser. As you might know, Mosaic, was the first web browser ...

The Windows operating system allocates a program by default for opening certain file types, but you can easily change and open them in the program of your choice. For example, pictures in Windows now ...

In Windows there are certain programs that are configured as the default one to use for certain tasks. Windows will then use these default programs when a person performs a particular action in ...