![]() rtf=Word.RTF.8 which confirms the file type (Word.RTF.8). rtf to see the file type, which should be. To see this in action, open a command prompt with Administrator access: html are both type htmlfileįtype – displays or sets the default program for a particular file type (note – the type not file extension). Trying to change your default browser in Windows Learn how to make Chrome your default browser, and find out how to switch from one browser to another. ![]() File Type is set in Windows so that different file extensions can be linked to the same manner of file. There are two, little known, command line tools Assoc and Ftype.Īssoc – displays or sets a file extension to a file type. WARNING: This should work (though the results from ftype aren’t always what’s expected because of the complications of Windows file associations) so use at your own risk and have a backup. Here’s a way to make a ‘one click’ setting change without messing about in the dialog boxes. That stopped old tricks where you could apply/reapply file associations quickly to the registry settings from a. Click the program that you want to use as the default for the file type you selected, or click the arrow next to Other Programs to show additional programs. Click the file type or protocol that you want the program to act as the default for. Windows 8 changed that and now the Registry is more complicated and there are ‘hashes’ in place to stop unauthorized tampering with the settings. Click Associate a file type or protocol with a program. If you find that Office or some other program is changing your preferred defaults, there was a way to quickly reapply your preferences.īack in Windows 7 and before, changing default programs / file associations in the Registry was relatively easy. ![]() rtf file from the File | Open command in Word. Of course, you’ve just changed the default program for opening. Check the box “Don’t show this message again” then choose ‘No’ to get on with your work. ![]()
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