How to force a Solution file (SLN) to be opened in Visual Studio 2013?

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The .sln file indicates the intended version as one of the early lines – for example:

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
# Visual Studio 2013

or:

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
# Visual Studio 2012

However – it can only make use of this if the default application for .sln files is the “Microsoft Visual Studio Version Selector”. It is not uncommon for the default .sln application to be a specific version instead. In windows 8:

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you can tell which is the default because it says “keep using”:

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