Temporarily Change Default Programs with Coffee

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Alae Hatoum in Software

Overview

First, head to this link and download Coffee. Extract it, then open the extracted folder and run coffee.exe. It will open very quickly and go to your tray. Once Coffee is running, choose to open a file, and you’ll see a pop up menu telling you that file type is not yet recognized by Coffee. It asks you if you want to set an association for that file.

Associating Applications to file extensions

If you choose No, the file type you were trying to open will open with your system’s default application of choice. If you choose Yes, you will have the option to choose which application you want to open the file with. This application will open it with, and it will be set as the temporary default applications for the file type you opened.

Options

If you need more control and management over the extensions, you can right click on the Coffee logo in the tray icon and choose preferences.

Editing the Preferences of Coffee

Now, Extension Configurations will give you a more detailed look at the extensions associated with Coffee and tell you which files will open with default applications and which won’t. It gives you the option to configure a main application and another alternative one for every file extension. Using the Extension Association Configuration, you can also add extensions to each program using the browse option or by typing in the extension type.

Configurings the Extensions

Coffee saves all the settings in an “.ini” file in its folder which makes it an extremely portable application, especially since the program is an executable that doesn’t require installation after extraction.

Conclusion

Coffee is a great tool that allows you to quickly test new software on different types of files. It is light weight and portable, so it makes for a great addition to whatever portable apps you currently use.

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