Now find OpenOffice or Microsoft Office in the list and after selecting the appropriate one you can either choose 'Set this program as default' to make it the default application for all file types it can handle in one fell swoop, or 'Choose defaults for this program' to quickly pick the file types you would like this program to handle. Start button->Control Panel->Programs->Default Programs->Set your default programs It's not often I have good things to say about Vista, but I am pleased to announce that this is definitely one occasion where it can make life easier. See this post below: Setting the default program under Mac OS.įor Vista, in addition to the XP methods, there is also another way.
See this post below: Setting the default program (Windows 7 and following). If you have any comments, please post in: Comments on Setting the default program.
Here are the instructions to set the application to be used to open your files.
