Many programs offer internal tools for configuring file associations, but the Control Panel configures all file associations through a single Windows feature. The Control Panel can command programs ...

Want to make sure photos open in Photoshop, web pages open in Chrome, and text files open in Word? You can control which app launches when you open a file on a Windows PC or Mac. Here's how to set ...

Do you have some programs installed on your computer that you don’t want anyone to know about? If that is the case, then you can hide programs from showing in the Control Panel and Settings so that ...

When you first install Microsoft Office 2007, its programs become the default programs for opening Office files. You can later set other applications as the default programs. OpenOffice is an ...

The Control Panel in Windows is one of the most useful tools on your desktop. To make it even easier to get there, you can add it to your right-click menu from anywhere with a simple tweak to your ...