Google Chrome extensions are small programs that can be installed to add or change the browser's functionality. When an extension is created and signed by Google, it ...

One of the easiest ways to render your computer unusable is to mess with the operating system’s files and settings–one accidental deletion of a single file can ...

Windows only: When you've got a file with an extension you don't recognize, the free command line tool TrID can help. We've covered how to use the web to find out what kind of file you have, but TrID ...

BearPup sometimes wants to open a file in one program, and other times open it in another. He asked the Answer Line forum for an easy way to do this. Windows uses a file’s extension–the part of the ...

Back in the pre-Mac OS X and macOS days, Apple’s System 9 and earlier relied on hidden metadata to associate files with apps. File extensions, those bits of text that follow a period at the end of a ...

Today is Tax Day, which means many taxpayers in the United States may be scrambling to file their forms ahead of the looming deadline. If you're among those who procrastinated your taxes, not to worry ...