Need to use third-party programs to open files on your PC? Here's how to change file associations in Windows 10 and choose which apps open which file types.

To make Notepad files always open in a new or separate window in Windows 11, open Notepad setting and change the 'Opening files' option.

You can open File Explorer in more than one way, and in this guide, we'll show you nine (plus) methods to complete this task on Windows 10.

Open Notepad, click on the "DeskPins" icon on the Taskbar and then click anywhere within the Notepad window to keep it on top. Go to Dropbox.com and download the Always On Top ZIP file.

Windows 10 will instead absurdly ignore a consumer’s app default settings for both programs and open the file in NotePad on its own.