Windows 10: Changing default app to open .osz file doesn't work

Discus and support Changing default app to open .osz file doesn't work in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; I moved an executable to a different location, which broke trying to open .osz files with the executable, so I tried to set the default app to the new... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by ADRIAN NELSON1, Nov 18, 2023.

  1. Changing default app to open .osz file doesn't work


    I moved an executable to a different location, which broke trying to open .osz files with the executable, so I tried to set the default app to the new location in the executable but it doesn't work and still uses the old location. The old location is window's "suggested app" even though no file exists there. Even trying to set the path to a shortcut doesn't work.My process is:Right click on oszopen with another appchoose an app on your pcpick the new path to the executablewindows still picks the old pathhttps://youtu.be/9oVtBAZnO7IIn the video I show how windows is trying to use the old file p

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    ADRIAN NELSON1, Nov 18, 2023
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  2. Can't change default program to open files.

    Hi,

    I'm trying to change the default program for .dwg files from Autocad to Draftsight.

    I already tried:

    • right click > open with > choose another app > always use this app. The file opens in Draftsight without problems, but it still opens with Autocad the next time you double click a dwg file.
    • settings > apps > default apps > choose default apps by file type. This also does not change the default method to Draftsight.

    When I type assoc .dwg in command prompt, it shows ".dwg=DraftSight.Drawing"

    I see some suggestions to try using the old interface through control panel, but it seems like control panel routes to the new interface.

    I also tried changing the association for .txt files from notepad to notepad++ and it doesn't work either.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks.
     
    petersteele, Nov 18, 2023
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  3. Bree Win User
    How to change default app for file type

    'Open With > Choose another app' has three step, in the first it only offers apps registered for that file type. If you click 'More apps' it lists all registered apps regardless of suitability. Both these steps have the tick-box for 'Always use...' in my 18363.752. The third step, if needed, is 'Look for another app on this PC'. The 'Always use...' must be ticked before taking this step if you want the change to stick. However, WMP appears at the second step.


    Changing default app to open .osz file doesn't work 274247d1586781472t-how-change-default-app-file-type-image.png


    For a quick look at a JPG almost anything (including WMP) is more practical than Photos which on my system takes more than ten seconds just to open a photo. The OP is probably not aware that the Windows Photo Viewer is still available in W10, but hidden away. That's my default viewer for JPG.


    Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10

    And, once enabled, is available in Settings > Apps > Default apps.


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  4. BetoLP Win User

    Changing default app to open .osz file doesn't work

    Windows doesn`t start. Authomatic repair doesn`t work.

    Thanks again!!

    I`m sorry I had not noticed that the text on the picture was in spanish. It says that windows has replaced some damaged clusters in "name" file and "directory". Then, at the end "an unspecified error occurred (75736e6a726e6c2e 4f6)".

    I`ll do it and I`ll be updating this thread when I have the report.

    - - - Updated - - -

    I ran SeaTools. These are the results:

    Changing default app to open .osz file doesn't work 233722d1557862791t-windows-doesn-t-start-authomatic-repair-doesn-t-work-hdd-test-1-.png


    Does it mean my HDD is useless?
     
    BetoLP, Nov 18, 2023
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