Windows 10 After years of using File Explorer and double clicking on files to open them, now the files/apps won't open that way. For instance, if want to open a

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I began having a very frustrating issue lately. I am on a PC, using Windows 10. After years of using File Explorer and double clicking on files to open them, now the files/apps won't open that way. For instance, if want to open a Word file, now I must open Word and then navigate in Word to find the file, and then open it. This is the same for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and also Adobe Acrobat. I have troubleshot this and worked on it for quite some time. Can anyone help? And just FYI, finding and opening files in File Explorer works as normal on these type files: kmz, jpg, png, mov, mp4,

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