Windows 8 settings picture default to open

I believe that many users will encounter such problems, even if the image tool has been installed, but each time you double-click the picture will jump to the system default program. This problem is actually easier to solve, this issue of "Win8 Encyclopedia" will introduce how to set the default open method.

We have two methods for this, let's look at the simple one. Find the image file we want to open, right click on the file and select "Properties". In the properties we can see the option "Open with". At this time, click "Change" later, and select the tool you want to use in the pop-up program list.

Open File Properties

After confirmation, we will find that all files of the same type are modified by default to be opened with this tool. However, this method has a drawback, that is, it can only be uniformly modified for the file format. If some images use an uncommon format, they need to be modified separately. Select the program you want to default to

Let's take a look at the second method, which provides the possibility of batch processing. Open "Default Programs" in the Control Panel and select "Associate File Types or Protocols with Specific Programs" in its list. Here we select all the common formats (extensions) of the image files, and then click "Change Program" to select the specified program in the list.

Open the default program association

The advantage of this method is that it can batch process the default program, but the user needs to have a certain understanding of the file format, so we generally recommend the first A faster and more convenient way.

Directly associate extensions with programs

In fact, this method is not only suitable for pictures, music, video, documents, etc. can be set by this method. The way you are used to opening.