How to Customize Your Default Apps in Windows and macOS Want to make sure photos open in Photoshop, web pages open in Chrome, and text files open in Word? You can control which app launches when ...

However, that may change soon as Microsoft plans to ease things for those who want to change the default apps on Windows 11.

Microsoft has committed to improving Windows 10 ’s default apps in a bid to bring the OS up to speed with more seamless desktop app ecosystems, like Apple ’s macOS Big Sur.

Though Microsoft frames these changes as a way to make changing default apps easier and more consistent, they also serve as a gentle rebuke to developers who handle things differently.

By default, Microsoft Office apps use the browser and Online Office apps to open various hyperlinks and files. However, if you want to always open supported Office hyperlinks in Office desktop ...