US Patent 12001402 Dynamically selecting an application to open a file

An application can be dynamically selected to open a file. An application broker service can be configured to received intercepted requests to open files. The application broker service can process the intercepted requests to determine a type and location of the files to be opened. Using the type and the location of the files to be opened, the application broker service can select applications to open the files. If a file fails to open in a selected application, the application broker service can select another application to open the file.