If you can't change default app by file type in Windows 11/10, then reset the problematic app, remove file type association, etc.

Do you want to open a file type or link with a specific app? Here's how to change the default app settings on Windows 11.

Apps that open files In macOS, you can change what app opens a specific file type from the file itself. Right-click a file that you want to change the default app that opens, and select Get Info.

Customizing Windows 11: How to Change Default Apps Microsoft has made it harder to choose which apps handle standard file types. Follow these steps to set default apps for all your documents ...

If you want a different app to always open a particular file type, here's how to do it.

Now that you’ve changed the default program for this file, the button for Change All is active. This button will set your Mac to use the selected application to open files of this type.

From changing your browser and email client to opening specific file types with a new app, changing default apps on your Mac is easy and straightforward.

Not feeling the love for Windows 10's default apps for music playback, web browsing, and so on? You can change them without breaking a sweat.

Windows makes it easy for you to open up these files by setting up default programs for each file type -- images files, for example, will open by default in the Windows 10 Photos app.

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 ...