Change the program that starts when you open a file
Many file types in Microsoft Windows are registered to be opened by a particular program. For example, Notepad starts when you want to open a text
(.txt) file. You can change the program that
starts
when you open a file of a certain type.
Do one of the following:
For Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium Edition:
- In My
Computer or Windows
Explorer, click the Tools menu, click
Folder Options, and then click the File Types tab.
- In the Registered file types list, click the file type you want to open with a different program, and then click
Change.
- In the Open
With dialog box, select the program you want to use, and then click OK.
- Click OK in the Folder Options dialog box.
For Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0:
- In My
Computer or Windows
Explorer, click the View menu, click Folder
Options (Options in Windows NT 4.0), and then click the File Types tab.
- In the list of file types, click the file type, and then click Edit.
- In Actions, click Open, and then click Edit.
- Click in Application used to perform action box, and then click Browse.
- In the Open
With dialog box, locate the program you want to use to open files that have this extension, and then click
OK.
- Click OK in the Folder Options dialog box.