One of the simplest configuration changes that I have made since making the switch to Windows 11 last year was to configure the File Explorer to open to the This PC screen. Normally, when you open ...

Your Mac comes pre-configured to open specific file types with default apps. Click on a web link, and it launches Safari. Open an email notification, and you're directed to Apple's Mail app. This ...

Want to make Photoshop your default Image Editor? In this post, we will show you how to set Photoshop as the default app for opening and editing image files on a Windows 11/10 PC. Image files in ...

I had to help a friend with his computer over the weekend. It seems his PC forgot he had Adobe Acrobat installed and instead it was opening PDF files in Google Chrome. I wasn't quite sure how his ...

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Android is a powerful and versatile operating system, but it can also become cluttered and confusing over time. One way this can happen is with default app settings. When you first install an app, it ...

I built a new terminal server last week with Windows 2003. The problem is that Microsoft Photo Editor is a piece of garbage and as usual - is not working. Since it is the default app for opening JPGs, ...

File Explorer in Windows 11 has some problems, but many of them can be easily fixed with just a few tweaks.

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...