How to Reset, Export and Import Default App Associations on Windows

Windows 10 on the desktop has a plethora of applications available. Almost every kind of software is available for Windows 10. Even if you want to make a shortcut to copy and paste, you have a freeware to do it […]

How to reset all File Associations to default in Windows 10

There may be a time when you want to reset all your Program and File Associations to default values in Windows 10. Windows 10 allows you to reset them to Microsoft recommended defaults. Here is how you go about it. […]

How to open unknown File Type in Windows 10/8/7

File extensions are the characters that precede the last period of a file name. It helps us find the type of a file we are trying to open i.e. whether it is an audio file, video file or simply a […]

File Association Fixer v2 for Windows 10

If you find that you cannot open a particular file type, then our File Association Fixer v2 for Windows 10/8/7 will be able to easily help you fix, repair and restore the broken file associations. Broken file associations, are typically […]

Configure, export, import App File Associations in Windows 10/8.1

We have see how we can set or change File Associations & Extensions in Windows via the Control Panel Default Programs applet. Windows 10/8.1/8 also allow you to configure these File Associations via Settings. For those who may not know, […]

Set or Change File Associations & Extensions in Windows 10/8/7

Each file in your Windows operating system has an extension in its filename, eg. .txt, .doc, etc. These extensions are used to identify the program, with which, windows can open this file. You can set or change these file associations in […]

Unable to change Default Program Extension on Windows 10/8/7

Today, I’m going to show you a way out, if you ever face a situation, where you cannot or are unable to change the default program extension in Windows 10/8/7. I was helping out a client of mine. His operating system had somehow […]

Fix broken EXE file association in Windows 10/8/7

You might encounter a situation where you may not be able to open any .exe files or shortcut link files, i.e., EXE or LNK files. You might instead get a “Open with” dialog box, or it may open the file […]

Cannot associate a file extension to an application in Windows 7/8/10

If you are cannot associate a file extension to an application in Windows 7/8/10, you may want to try this out: Cannot associate a file extension Open regedit and navigate to: Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications Here find the .exe name which is creating […]

How to remove File Type associations in Windows 10/8/7

Windows 10/8/7/Vista do not provide a GUI to unassociate or dissociate file type extensions. But if you need to remove file associations, you can do so using this portable utility called Unassociate File Types. Remove File Type associations Download unassoc.zip from […]

Default Programs Editor for Windows 7 & Vista

Default Programs Editor is a powerful but simple file association utility for Windows. It is a context menu editor, an autoplay editor, and default programs association editor. Default Programs Editor This free software, makes it easy to fix file association […]

Add More File Types To Windows 7 Explorer Preview Pane with PreviewConfig Utility

Windows Vista introduced the Preview Pane in Windows Explorer, which shows the contents of the currently chosen file. You get to see a preview of the files contents on the right hand side of your Explorer. You can also play […]

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