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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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

How to open a zip file through the Mail app When you receive a zip file through the Mail app (or the third-party Gmail app), press on the file and the file will get its own menu.

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.

Install the Application To install an application that is in .BIN file format, change the file's extension and use a third party plugin to install the program or convert individual files.