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Vista File Change File Associations & Default Programs (Vista/Win7
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Change File Associations & Default Programs (Vista/Win7
- Click the Start menu, choose Default Programs, and then select Associate A File Type Or Protocol With A Program.
- After a few seconds of load time, you’ll see an alphabetical list of all the file types on your system along with the default program for each one.
- To change the default program for a file type, highlight it and click Change Program. A list of compatible programs will appear; just double-click the one you want, and from then on, the file will always open with the selected program.
- (For a shortcut directly to this window for a given file type, right-click it in Windows Explorer, select Open With, and click Choose Default Program.) .
- Another way to make this kind of change is to choose Set Your Default Programs from the aforementioned Default Programs menu.
- Here you’ll be presented with a list of installed programs rather than individual file types. When you highlight a program, you’ll have two options.
- the first, Set This Program As Default, will instantly configure the program to automatically open every type of file that it supports.
- The second, Choose Defaults For This Program, will display a list of all the program’s supported file types, allowing you to pick and choose which ones it will automatically opened.
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