After you download a file, the next step is to open it. But how do you know how to open it?
If you’re using Windows, you just double click on that file and Windows knows how to open that file, if you or someone else already installed the appropriate programs. If not, Windows will ask you to select a program, from a list of programs.
Windows knows how by default how to open certain files, like txt, bmp and so on.
If you want a simple way to know how to open a file (for instance, zip files) visit this site:
http://HowToOpenIt.com
You can search for a particular extension or you can add it after the site name.
Example:
To learn how to open zip files, you access http://HowToOpenIt.com/zip
Here’s a screenshot.
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