Lesson 3: Organizing Files

First, go to Control Panel -> File Explorer Options

and make sure the settings match those in the video transcipt.

Next, go to Control Panel -> Default Programs -> "Associate a file type or protocol with a program"

and make sure the settings match those in the video transcipt.

Important:

I have just found out that in some versions of Windows 10 you can't always set the default applications to the built-in apps of Notepad, WordPad, or Paint using Control Panel and settings.

In this case, you will have to use another strategy:

when you go to open a file, instead of double-clicking, right click and choose "Open with"

this will give you a dialog for you to "Choose another app", and this dialog will include a list of apps to choose from, including the apps we're interested in

select that app and there will also be a check box labeled:

    Always use this app to open extension files;

once you check that box, then that will tie the app and the extension for all future needs.

From then on, double-clicking files with that extension will launch the app you want.