Dylan Turck is a PC hardware, software, and gaming reporter who loves writing how-to guides and in-depth features on the latest tech products. When he's not shocking himself by pulling electronics ...

Microsoft uses file associations to set default programs for opening different file types on all its operating systems. As a result, when you open a file, be it text, image, or document, on your ...

Suddenly my computer has begun to occasionally change my file type assignments. A file type that had previously been associated with Windows Media Player will, for some reason I can't figure out, show ...