

You will now see the program you browsed to selected and highlighted in Open With screen.

Once you have found the executable, select it by left-clicking on it once so it becomes highlighted and then click on the Open button.

You will now be presented with a window where you can browse to the executable that you wish to use to open these types of files. If you find that you still do not see the program you wish to use after browsing through the list, please click on the Browse button. You will then be presented with a screen where further program recommendations are given. If the program that you wish to use is not listed automatically, simply click on the Choose default program. To open the file using a different program than the default one, simply select the available program that is listed and the file will open with that program instead. You will then be presented with a screen similar to the one below that shows the available programs that you can open the file with. Once you have found this file, right-click on it to bring up the file's menu as seen below.Īt the above menu, please select the Open with menu option.
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This tutorial will explain how to open a file using a different program than the default one.įirst, you should navigate to the file that you wish to open. It is common, though, want or need to use a different program to open a particular type of file. When you double-click on a file in Windows, it will automatically open a default program that is configured to manage these types of files.
