With the standard function of Windows 7 / Vista, you can not change the icon associated with each file (extension) unless you tweak the registry directly. So, somehow I can display my favorite icon on ...

Changing the icons used by programs on your computer is a great way to customize your business computer and reflect your corporate personality on the desktop. Icons used by the executable files are ...

Have you ever tried to open a file in Windows 11, only for the completely wrong application to fire up and start loading it? That’s pretty frustrating, right? Well fortunately, there’s a cool little ...

Each document that you have on your Mac is associated with a default application which macOS uses to open the file whenever you double-click on its icon in Finder. Sometimes you may have a legitimate ...

Microsoft has made it harder to choose which apps handle standard file types. Follow these steps to set default apps for all your documents, images, music files, and more. Our team tests, rates, and ...

Get rid of the boring paperclip icon for an e-mail attachment in Gmail by using this handy Chrome extension. Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has been covering mobile technology ...

MacOS has a pretty robust search function, allowing you to easily find your files in the Finder app. However, it can be difficult to organize files inside folders, especially if you're used to other ...

When you open files that have a particular file extension, Windows will look at its configuration to determine what the default program should be in order to work with these files. The default program ...

One of the things we get a lot here at Cult of Mac, especially in our coverage of games, is folders full of promotional images. Now, for a variety of reasons, we often need to change the type of those ...

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 ...