Product

Choose which apps open your files and links.

OpenWithGuard puts file and browser associations in one place, so you can protect a choice and change it later without digging through Windows settings.

Installed OpenWithGuard application showing working protection and active file rules
Installed English app running on Windows 11.
Protection itemsCategories or single extensions
Web linksYour selected browser
Local-firstRules remain on your PC
ReversiblePause, edit, or remove anytime

What you can manage

The controls you need, without hunting through Windows settings.

Every protected choice remains visible, reversible, and removable.

01

Quick category protection

Choose Images, Archives, Audio, Video, PDF, Word, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Web pages, CAD drawings, 3D models, or E-books, then click one Windows application. Each category's common formats are protected immediately, without asking you to edit extension lists.

02

Browser protection

Keep HTTP and HTTPS links routed to the browser you selected.

03

Protection-item management

Review each category or single-extension item, then pause, enable, or remove it from one screen. An exact custom extension takes priority over a category when both are active.

04

Strong protection

Optionally watch for repeated file-icon changes made by other software.

05

User-controlled updates

The app may check update metadata automatically. It does not download in the background: your first click downloads and verifies, and your next click starts installation.

Pricing

One Pro feature set, four ways to pay.

Guest accounts can use 1 active protection item without browser protection. Signed-in Free accounts can use 3 active protection items and browser protection. Every paid plan includes unlimited active protection items, browser protection, and future product updates. Each category or single extension is one protection item; browser protection is separate.

Monthly

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per month

  • Full Pro access
  • Unlimited active protection items
  • Browser protection

Quarterly

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per 3 months

  • Full Pro access
  • Fewer renewal payments
  • Future product updates

Lifetime

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one-time

  • Permanent Pro access
  • No recurring payment
  • Future product updates

Buying another recurring plan keeps all previously purchased access time and adds the new plan's full duration after it. The newly purchased plan becomes the next renewal cycle; the previous recurring plan is set not to renew.

Monthly, quarterly, and yearly plans renew automatically until canceled. Turning off renewal prevents the next charge, and access continues through the paid billing period. Lifetime is a one-time purchase.

Prices and currency are provided by the current catalog. Displayed prices include applicable tax, and no additional tax will be added to the checkout total. See purchase, cancellation, and refund terms →

How it works

Protect a category or one extension in a few clicks.

  1. 1
    Choose a quick category

    Pick Images, Archives, Audio, Video, PDF, Word, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Web pages, CAD drawings, 3D models, or E-books. The app already knows each category's common extensions.

  2. 2
    Click one application

    The selected app applies to the category immediately; there is no separate Save step.

  3. 3
    Add a single extension when needed

    Use Advanced for a format such as .abc. It uses one protection-item slot, even if it overlaps a category.

Stored locally

Your protection rules stay on this PC.

OpenWithGuard does not upload file contents to provide protection. Account identity and deliberately limited product analytics are documented separately.

Read the Privacy Policy →

For Windows

Keep your defaults where you put them.

Download for Windows