Windows 10: Choose Default Apps in Windows 10

Discus and support Choose Default Apps in Windows 10 in Windows 10 Tutorials to solve the problem; I just discovered the method I normally use in Options 7 & 8 no longer works. This was much better designed, faster and easier to use than the Settings... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Tutorials' started by biatche, Oct 17, 2015.

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  1. STEVE C
    Steve C Win User

    Choose Default Apps in Windows 10


    I just discovered the method I normally use in Options 7 & 8 no longer works. This was much better designed, faster and easier to use than the Settings option designed for idiots! How typical of MS to take another step backwards.

    You ca create the following shortcuts to restore the previous more useful functionality is restored.

    "Set your default programs": control /name Microsoft.DefaultPrograms /page pageDefaultProgram
    "Associate a file type or protocol with a program": control /name Microsoft.DefaultPrograms /page pageFileAssoc
    I suggest Options 7 & 8 in this Tutorial are updated to show these options.
     
    Steve C, Feb 23, 2018
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  2. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Hello Steve, *Smile

    Thank you, but both commands are already in Options 7 & 8.

    In Windows 10 build 17604 (since W10 FCU), both commands opens the same as in Option Six for me. It appears all Default Program Control Panel type commands have been hard coded to redirect and open in Settings instead now.
     
    Brink, Apr 4, 2018
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