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Understanding File Associations
Have you ever had an "OPEN WITH…" dialog box pop up when you try to open a file? This usually happens if you're dealing with an obscure or unknown file type. These types of files may have different uses depending on the application, so if you try to open and edit the file with the wrong application, you might be welcoming trouble. I suggest that you immediately close the "Open With" window.
"OPEN WITH" means that Windows does not know which program to use to view the data that you've clicked on. Most data (information that you've created) has been "associated" with a specific "viewer". Example: JPG graphic associated with the Windows Paint program, DOC word processing files associated with MS Word, etc.
Think of "file association" as Windows' way of finding the right wrench for the nut, the perfect shoes to match the dress, or the right wine for a meal. It makes the proper application automatically start up when you open a file outside of the program that created it (such as clicking on a data file while using Windows Explorer or clicking on data in a certain folder). If these file associations did not exist, you would have to figure out which application can read it and then open that file from within that application.
File association is based on a file's 3 letter extension. For example, the extension of a file named "readme.txt" would be ".txt". If you double-click the icon for that file, Windows Notepad will probably open because Notepad is associated with the TXT file type by default. DOC files are typically associated with Microsoft Word, XLS files with Microsoft Excel, and so on.
By default, Windows doesn't make filename extensions visible. To see them all, double click the My Computer Icon, go into C drive, go into any folder. Select Details from the View menu so you can view all of the extensions. Look at the file name and notice that there is a dot (.) and a three letter extension at the end of the file name. Each three letter extension identifies a specific type of file. And Windows knows exactly what program to use to view that file because it has "associated" a program with that type of file.
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