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How can I open a file in a different application?
Sometimes you may want to open a file in a different application without changing the default. For example, you may want to open a photo with Microsoft Paint to crop or resize it. From the desktop, right-click the desired file.
How do you hide files in File Explorer?
The file will immediately be hidden from view. You can select multiple files and folders and hide them all at once using the same technique. To make your hidden files visible in File Explorer, click the “View” tab on the ribbon control at the top of the screen. In the “Show/hide” section, check the “Hidden items” option.
How to show hidden folders in command prompt?
Go to top menu, Tools > Folder Options. Select View tab 5. Mark the “Show hidden files and folders.” 6. Go to Start > Run, type cmd at the OPEN: box, and press OK. This will show the DOS command prompt
Under the Attributes section, check the “Hidden” option and click Apply. The file will immediately be hidden from view. You can select multiple files and folders and hide them all at once using the same technique. To make your hidden files visible in File Explorer, click the “View” tab on the ribbon control at the top of the screen.
Is there a way to open a file in another directory?
If you know the full path to the file you can just do something similar to this. However if you question directly relates to relative paths, that I am unfamiliar with and would have to research and test. Here is a way to do it relatively instead of absolute. Not sure if this works on windows, you will have to test it.
Which is the default application to open a file in?
When you open a file in Windows, it will usually open in the default application for that type of file. For example, a photo will open in Windows Photo Viewer (or the Photos application in Windows 8) by default. But you may not always want this.
What happens when you open a file with a file extension?
When you open files that have a particular file extension, Windows will look at its configuration to determine what the default program should be in order to work with these files. The default program that is assigned to a particular extension, though, may not be what you want to use.