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.

There's another way you can change a file type's associated app in macOS: Right-click (or Ctrl-click) on the file in a Finder window and select Get Info.

In this case, you should remove file type associations for the file to stop opening the file with the associated app by default.

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.

Windows To set your default apps on Windows, open up the Start menu and click the cog icon on the left to get to the main Windows Settings panel.