When you see the Make a file type always open in a specific program listing appear, as shown by the black arrow in the image above, click on it to open the Set Associations Control Panel.

Windows 11 can make it easier to access your extensions through apps. Here's how. Windows 11 can keep track of the apps you open and set them by default for faster navigation.

When you double-click on a file in Windows 8, Windows will automatically open that file using a program that has been associated with that file's extension. There may come a time, though, that you ...

If you want JPG, PDF, PNG, MP4, MP3, and other file types to always open with a particular program or app, then you can set or change file associations using the Settings app, File Type Properties ...

Check "Always Use the Selected Program to Open This Kind of File" check box and click OK. If the steps above don't associate the correct version of Excel with your files, use the command line to ...

Type "file associations" from the Windows 8 Start screen, click "Settings" and select "Make a File Type Always Open in a Specific Program" from the search results.

Here (.ext) is the file extension for the file type whose Open With List you wish to edit. Now, just delete the value in this key, that represents the program to be removed, from the ‘Open With ...

From now on, all files of that type will open with the default app you selected. That’s it. You’ve overcome the tyranny of default apps and are now ready to forge an existence on your own terms.