Teams Mobile is to prompt in February which programs should open non-Office and PDF links by default. On Android and iOS, ...

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 ...

Microsoft is now using a Windows driver to prevent users from changing the configured Windows 10 and Windows 11 default browser through software or by manually modifying the Registry. Windows Terminal ...

Often when you install a new application, it asks you to make it the default program for certain file types. If you're too quick with the "Enter" key during installation, you might inadvertently grant ...

Prior to Windows XP, it was possible to set a program to be executed for each file extension and to divide file icons, but in Windows Vista and Windows 7, the icons of programs to be executed may be ...

Did you ever notice that when you install a new software program, the installation program asks you a lot of questions? The most important one is, "Where do you want to put this puppy?" And then the ...

One of the common things we do is to set the default applications, with which we would like to open files. We usually fix the default browser, the default video player, and so on. In this post, I’ll ...

Windows only: Tiny, portable utility Default Programs Editor makes short work of changing file associations, autoplay settings, and can even change the icon associated with a file type. Once you've ...

What steps do I need to take to change the default action on Windows XP and Windows 7 when someone tries to open a CHM file? I want the file extension to be associated with notepad.exe for ALL users.