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What is a file association?
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Wednesday December 23, 2009
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Wednesday December 23, 2009
If you're new to computers you may have heard the term "file association" and wondered what it means. Well, we're here to tell you!
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- A "file association" is a connection between a certain file type and a certain program.
- For example, by default all TXT files are opened with Notepad, which comes with Windows.
- If you double-click on a file with an extension of TXT it will automatically open in Notepad.
- Many other file types have assocations with a particular program by default.
- For example DOC files are associated with Microsoft Word.
- BMP files are associated with Microsoft Paint.
- File associations can be changed and this is shown in another tutorial.
- File associations make it easy to open a file in the program it's associated with simply by double-clicking on the file.
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