Each document that you have on your Mac is associated with a default application which macOS uses to open the file whenever you double-click on its icon in Finder. Sometimes you may have a legitimate ...

First, open Windows Settings by pressing Windows+1 on the keyboard. You can also rick-click the Start button and choose Settings from the menu. In Settings, select "Apps" in the sidebar and choose ...

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 the “How do you want to open this file” window keeps popping up in Windows 11/10, follow the suggestions laid down in this article. Before proceeding, ensure you have installed the latest version ...

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 ...

When you open certain file types in Windows 7 or Vista, such as an Outlook email attachment, Windows displays a warning message about opening a file from an untrusted source. If you trust the sender ...

Every file that we have saved on our computers has a particular extension. The file extension is added at the end of the filename followed by a dot (.). It tells the operating systems about the ...

Kayode Oluwatayo is an Evergreen Author at Android Police. He covers how-to guides and detailed explainers about Android, smartphones, apps, and various tech topics. With almost half a decade of ...

Back in the pre-Mac OS X and macOS days, Apple’s System 9 and earlier relied on hidden metadata to associate files with apps. File extensions, those bits of text that follow a period at the end of a ...