Careful use can however sort issues in a reversible way I would personally look at your system using Microsoft's Autoruns which lists every item that starts when windows does this could be used to block any programs by NCH from loading, (the basic usage is to uncheck a checkbox next to each item that is set to run on system startup), It can be a little intimidating as the amount of items that load with windows is huge. ' you should be able to set that to whatever you want to open your files with.

However, there is an entry in each filetype that sets this association 'File type to Application' if you right click on a file of the type that is being Hijacked eg DOC there is a en entry 'Opens With. Thanks.Every filetype DOC, Txt, JPG, etc has a default application that is set to open or otherwise work with the file type - It would appear that NCH have changed the Default for some of the standard file types to run a program that just 'suggests' you use their program Without loading the full program this is behaviour which is close to a Malware attack, not something that you expect from a legitimate company. How do I block or uninstall the NCH stuff? None of the NCH programs are listed in the installed apps in Windows Settings, so I can't uninstall. Now, when I try to edit a doc file by clicking on the filename in my directory program, l get a message telling me to run Doxillion if I want to edit the doc. There is a directory showing shortcuts to them, including one called Doxillion.

NCH Software seems to have installed 28 of their programs on my PC.

Run doxillion