palagriz Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 ive recently been having some trouble with my downloads. normally it would be a zipped folder before i install mods or tools for skyrim. about a week ago, i accidentally dropped my mouse and it somehow changed all the files into open with notepad. i use a windows 8.1 setup,and when i originally purchased my laptop, it harassed me to get windows 10. so ill need a troubleshoot/assist with both os just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkRudra Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I know this will work in Windows 10, but I'm not sure about Windows 8. Right click on a file and point at "Open With." That will open a submenu, at the bottom of that submenu should be "Choose another app." Click that, it will give you a new window with options to select various programs - choose whatever you used to open the files previously. At the bottom of that window, check the box next to "Always use this app..." and that should apply the choice to all files of that type. You might need to do this for multiple files - some mods are in .zip files, some are in .7z files, some might even be in .rar files. This process will only apply to one type at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palagriz Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) i tried already but the problem is that it was the default folder system used to unzip the files. is there a specific file path to it? also i looked at my app list and its adobe reader,notepad,xml handler,and ms office. im trying to get to windows explorer [the file look up,not the net] but dont know the path to it Edited January 13, 2019 by palagriz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkRudra Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 The path to Windows Explorer should be C:\Windows\explorer.exe. In the list I described above, it might be called File Explorer instead of Windows Explorer. Not sure why that is, but that is what my system displays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palagriz Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 i tried already but the problem is that it was the default folder system used to unzip the files. is there a specific file path to it? also i looked at my app list and its adobe reader,notepad,xml handler,and ms office. im trying to get to windows explorer [the file look up,not the net] but dont know the path to itits saying "the program you have selected cannot be associated with this file type please choose another program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueninja1222 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 has this been solved yet? I'm having the same problem with a modpack for skyrim downloading as a Notepad File Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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