Windows 10: DOWNLOAD FILE KEEPS OPENING IN NOTEPAD

So I'm trying to download the bios update for my asrock motherboard but when I go to open and extract the files they open in notepad, this also happens with any other downloads as well, I've tried many different solutions including saving the file and trying to open it with another program and nothing has worked. Any advice or solution would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Notepad automatically opening when ABA file downloaded

Hi Fiona,

We suggest that you follow these steps to uncheck the Always open this type of file:

• Right click on an ABA file.
  
• Hover your mouse cursor on Open with and select Choose another app.
• Uncheck the Always open this type of file and click on
  OK.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Windows 10 doesn't keep a recent file-list for Notepad

Here's win7's notepad recent list:




And win10's:

 

Notepad automatically opening when ABA file downloaded

Hi Nathaniel,

Thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly. I tried your suggestion but the box isn't ticked?

My problem isn't that Notepad is the preferred app for ABA files, the problem is that the ABA opens as a Notepad on my screen when I click to download it. Previously I would click "Download ABA" from my accounting software and the ABA would be sent to my
downloads bar at the bottom of my screen. I would then right click on the ABA and cut & paste it to the folder on my computer where I wanted it stored however one time when I was doing this I accidentally clicked "Always open this type of file" and so now
rather than the ABA being sent to my download bar/download folder it opens up on my screen and I have to do a lot more steps to get it to the ABA folder on my computer. I create numerous ABAs daily so it is wasting a lot of time...

Thanks again..

Fiona