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Why does Windows default to MS Word to edit .html files?
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Mar 15, 20263499 viewsConfidence Score0%
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When trying to edit .html files on Windows XP, they open up in MS Word. Is there any reason that this is the default rather than something that is more lightweight and only deals with plain text and doesn't insert any sort of formatting/complex objects (such as Notepad)? Does Word really provide an…
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Windows itself doesn't set that association, Office does when it's installed. The reason, I suppose, is that Microsoft intended to make it so that editing HTML files was easier for 'regular people', and Word can (sort of) achieve that. To change the…
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