Windows 10: 1803 - Can't set vim as default app for .txt, .log, or .ini files.

I've tried doing it the same way I've done in the past - right click, open with, check the box to "always use this program." It opens in the requested program, but doesn't change the default. Okay. Fine. I go into settings to choose default apps by file type. Scroll down to .log, and change it to vim. It doesn't register. It doesn't change from notepad. Okay. Try this another way. Go into set defaults by app. Vim doesn't even show up there.

Is there somewhere I set this in the registry or something?

:)

 

Globally setting default file type associations

Group policy would be the better way to go but I don't know if file associations are in there.

This is what my server has in that key:
Code: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Extensions] "ini"="notepad.exe ^.ini" "txt"="notepad.exe ^.txt" "wtx"="notepad.exe ^.wtx"[/quote]

 

1803 problem with default app settings

I made a similar post a few weeks ago but there have been a couple of updates since the 1803 roll out. There are slight changes, but problem is still there.

My defaults issue started with 1803. I used Settings>Apps>Default Apps> to reset the defaults for 3 apps:

• Browser→ Opera
• PDF viewer→ Acrobat
• Photos→ Irfanview

Every time I reboot, the browser & pdf viewer defaults revert to Edge. The Photos default reverts to the Windows photo viewer. When I reset my choices in Settings>Apps>Default Apps> my programs run as expected. The file icons change to the new apps,
& files open in the right program. Everything is fine till I reboot & they get reset again to the Windows defaults. When my apps are no longer set as default apps, I can launch them from shortcuts & they perform as expected. The only issue is the defaults
reverting to Windows apps on reboot.

I've used these defaults for years with no problem. The settings were fine before 1803. I don't know but I don't think it's a compatibility issue since the programs still run as they should. What happened? Is there a way to fix it?

 

Snippet C#: INI Files

This code is great, i'm going to use this in one of my programmes *Big Grin

is it possible to make a list of all sections in the ini files?