Sometimes, when you try to open a Word file it fails to open and displays the following message – Word cannot open the file because the file format does not match the file extension. This can be ...

Red Eye Rose received a file with a strange extension. She doesn't know into what program she should load it. Neither does Windows.

Need to use third-party programs to open files on your PC? Here's how to change file associations in Windows 10 and choose which apps open which file types.

Each category of file type has many file formats according to their compression level or other factors. The programs recognize the files by their format and open them.

If you can't open a file on your computer, don't give up right away. These tricks will give you a fighting chance of accessing or recovering its contents.

Disabling File-Type Warnings Close the program you are using to open the file that gives you the "Always ask before opening this type of file" message, if it's currently running.

How to change the default program a file opens with in Windows 7 When you open files that have a particular file extension, Windows will look at its configuration to determine what the default ...

Do you want to open a file type or link with a specific app? Here's how to change the default app settings on Windows 11.

What type of files can you open on ChromeOS? Your tried and true Chromebook can open almost all your essential documents, videos, images, and compressed files.

Files with the .avery file extension are created by Avery's Design and Print Online Web application. You can't double-click these files to open them; you must open them from Avery's Web page.

If you're tired of having to jump through hoops to open files with sudo privileges in the GNOME File Manager, Jack Wallen has just the trick you need.

Windows makes it easy for you to open up these files by setting up default programs for each file type -- images files, for example, will open by default in the Windows 10 Photos app.