Changing Application Type
Changing
application type – Periodically the application association
between applications and file can change or get lost, meaning
that when you open a file it simply may not open or it could
open, but with a different application that the one you wish to
work with.
Although its not the end of the world to have
to open any files by opening the application first and then
opening the file through the application, it can be annoying if
you need to open lots of files.
Rather than
simply double clicking the file you have to launch the
application and find the file through the application.
Why do applications lose their associations
to files?
The main
reason this happens is when another application is installed and
it takes over and become the default application for that
particular file type.
This can also
happen if the application is uninstalled or the file association
becomes corrupt usually giving an unknown application error.
How to resolve this
Right click on the file you wish to set the application type for
Select Open With and then select Choose
Program (dont select any of the applications listed here as it
will not give the option to make it the default)
Once you have selected Choose
Program then high light the application you wish to use and put
a tick in the box labelled – Always use the selected program to
open this kind of file –
Select Ok and
test.
If you want to be able to see any current
application types without changing application type this can
easily been seen by going into My Computer and selecting Folder
Options from the Tools menu and then the File Types tab, then
scroll down to the file type select it and you can see which
application will open it. You can also change the application
type from here, but doing it directly from the file itself is
much more straight forward.
This method can
be used to set the default file application association between
any application and any file type
If this fails reboot your computer as this
will then update the setting.
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