Windows 10: Can't associate .ai file to Illustrator or .psd file to photoshop

I have tried everything to associate the .ai file to illustrator. All my .ai files are associated with Acrobat

• rt click - open with - choose another app - more apps - look for another app on the pc
  • I navigate to Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Illustrator CC 2018/Support Files/Contents/Windows and then select Illustrator.exe file
  • Error Message: This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action. Please install an app or, if already installed, create an association in the Default Apps Settings page.
  
  
• I go to the Default Apps setting page and click on Apps & Features (both Illustrator CC 2018 and Photoshop CC 2018 are listed there)
  • No options here, but to uninstall so I go back to Default Apps
  
  
• I select Choose default apps by file type
  • I scroll down to .ai (which should be an Illustrator file) and it has associated it with Adobe Acrobat
  
  
  
  
  
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  When I click on the Adobe Acrobat icon it only gave me two options -- Acrobat and to look for an App in the Store
  
  
• I contacted Adobe Support and they told me this is a Windows OS problem.

This is incredibly frustrating. While I know I can open the file using the program the file itself will not import properly into other CC programs.

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Windows 10. I'm using the Set Default Programs item from the Default Programs control panel item to set the default associations for certain file types (you get a list of possible associations for the selected
program from which you can pick whichever associations you want).

However, the list seems rather short compared to all the programs I have installed and somewhat arbitrary. I need to open .psd file using adobe photoshop express, but it does not appear on the list. The
default program assigned is Paint- which is unable to open the file type. The only program option it gives me are Internet Explorer, Epson Monitor (related to my printer) or search windows store (which is a useless option). Where do I go from here?