BearPup sometimes wants to open a file in one program, and other times open it in another. He asked the Answer Line forum for an easy way to do this.

Mac OS X computers use a default application to open every file type based on its file extension. If you don't want to use the default application when opening a file, you can select "Open With ...

Microsoft's new Windows 10 PowerToys Run feature offers you a quick way to find and launch programs, folders, files, and other items by typing their names. Here's how PowerToys Run works.

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 ...

Therefore if you open TextEdit, then by opening the program file in the Finder again, you will simply be switched to the running TextEdit instance, instead of opening another one along side it.

Add the Open Finder Items action next, and set the application to be Preview. Once you save this workflow, and now when you add new PDF files to the specified folder, they will open in Preview.

Microsoft / Microsoft 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 ...

Find out 10 different ways to open File Explorer in Windows 11/10 including taskbar, hotkey, Start menu, Command-line, WinX Menu, etc.

If you cannot open exe or lnk files, learn how to reset, repair, restore broken EXE or LNK file association in Windows. Use FixExec or apply this fix.

Peek allows you to preview files quickly with a simple shortcut, eliminating the need to open full applications. It supports various file types, including images, PDFs, text files, Microsoft ...

Google's latest 'blend online with offline' trick is automatically opening Google Drive files from the web with your desktop apps.