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When i tried to open a file on my machine a message was displayed that the machine did not know what program to openthis file with. i had the choice to choose from a list the program i would like to open the file with. first i choose notepad and unticked the tickbox (always use this program to open these file types) it did not look good in notepad so is used excel. this i forgot to untick the tickbox. now all these files are displayed with the excel icon and open in excel by default. i however do not want the files to be defaulted to excel. how do i undo this.

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The quickest way is to save that same file type to the desktop, right click on the file and click "Open with" and when the program box comes up, choose the appropriate program and tick the box to always open with that program and it'll change the program the file opens with.

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