File Type is set in Windows so that different file extensions can be linked to the same manner of file. ![]() There are two, little known, command line tools Assoc and Ftype.Īssoc – displays or sets a file extension to a file type. WARNING: This should work (though the results from ftype aren’t always what’s expected because of the complications of Windows file associations) so use at your own risk and have a backup. Here’s a way to make a ‘one click’ setting change without messing about in the dialog boxes. That stopped old tricks where you could apply/reapply file associations quickly to the registry settings from a. Windows 8 changed that and now the Registry is more complicated and there are ‘hashes’ in place to stop unauthorized tampering with the settings. If you find that Office or some other program is changing your preferred defaults, there was a way to quickly reapply your preferences.īack in Windows 7 and before, changing default programs / file associations in the Registry was relatively easy. rtf file from the File | Open command in Word. Of course, you’ve just changed the default program for opening. ![]() Check the box “Don’t show this message again” then choose ‘No’ to get on with your work.
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