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Most of the time if you first open the correct application, you can then use it to open a file that is of the correct format, even if the file type is not correctly associated with the extension. On the other hand if you click directly on the file and the file type is not associated with the correct application, it usually will not open - or at the very least will give you weird results when it opens up with the wrong application.

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