This article explains how to change file extensions in Windows 11, as well as discusses the difference between file extensions and file types.

Every day, we come across different types of file extensions while working on a computer. The file extensions tell an operating system about the type of file so that the OS could select the right app ...

You can convert a JFIF file to JPG, though the two formats are nearly identical, and most software will open a JFIF file as a ...

When you double-click on a file in Windows, it will automatically open a default program that is configured to manage these types of files. It is common, though, want or need to use a different ...

In most cases, the majority of the file extensions you encounter on your computer are already associated with a program or protocol. When a file extension is not associated with a program, however, ...

File extensions are the characters that precede the last period of a file name. It helps us find the type of file we are trying to open i.e. whether it is an audio file, video file, or simply a ...

When you double-click a file on your Mac, the operating system will automatically open the file using the program assigned to that type of file. It is possible, though, to open the file using another ...

Each and every file name in the computer, whether Mac or Android, comes with an extension. The extensions are of mostly three or four characters prefixed by a period (.) sign, also in some cases with ...

You can open RAR files on your Mac computer to share or download a large amount of files. Here's how to open RAR on a Mac with The Unarchiver.

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. Windows uses a file’s extension–the part of the ...