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How to change a file association

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Thursday December 31, 2009

File associations

" make it easy to open files in the program the file is associated with. You can know with certainty that if you double-click on a TXT file it will open in Notepad, but what if you don't want to use Notepad? That's where changing the file association comes in.

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- To change a

file association

just find a file of that type.

- In our example we used TXT files.

- Highlight the file and right-click.

- Select Choose Default program.

- Generally, there will be a few programs displayed.

- If the program you want to use is shown simply, select it.

- If you want it to always be used to open that type of file be sure to check the check box.

- If you don't see the program you want to use just click Browse.

- You can navigate around your computer and find the program you want.

- Be sure to highlight the EXE file for the program.

- When you're done, just click OK.

- You can change the file associations of any file.

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