Microsoft uses file associations to set default programs for opening different file types on all its operating systems. As a result, when you open a file, be it text, image, or document, on your ...

Every file that we have saved on our computers has a particular extension. The file extension is added at the end of the filename followed by a dot (.). It tells the operating systems about the ...

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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 ...

Every day, we come across different types of file extensions while working on a computer. The file extensions tell an operating system about the type of file so that the OS could select the right app ...

When you open certain file types in Windows 7 or Vista, such as an Outlook email attachment, Windows displays a warning message about opening a file from an untrusted source. If you trust the sender ...

It’s been several years since Microsoft introduced a new document format in its Office 2007 suite called .Docx, but still, many people seem to wonder what .docx file is and how to open, read, and edit ...

A file extension, or file name extension, is the letters immediately shown after the last period in a file name. For example, the file extension.txt has an extension of .txt. This extension allows the ...

A .CWK file is an extension applied to Apple Works files. It applies to spreadsheet, presentation or word-processing files created with Apple Works. With the advent of the Lion Mac operating system, ...

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