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.

Click Open. If the app that you want to use to open the file type is greyed out, it's because macOS doesn't think there's a valid association between the two.

Add or remove Default Apps from Desktop context menu A default app is the program that Windows uses automatically when you open a particular file type or protocol on your device.

Jim Rossman: Change the default app for files on your computer A few clicks will ensure that the app you want to use opens your files.

For laptops and desktops running macOS, you need to open up Finder and then locate a file of the type you want to set—a JPEG image file to set the default app for all JPEGs, for example, or an ...

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.

How to Disable Paint as the Default. When you right-click an image file in Windows and select the edit option, the picture opens up in Paint by default. Paint is handy for simple tasks like ...

Click the Apply button. Use the drop-down menu for each file type (documents, music, photos, movies, and maps) and select the new default save location. Click the Apply button for each setting.