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    Default Programs always changed after Windows 10 update


    Why are my default applications always changed after a Windows 10 update ? I am really sick of having to change them back to my preferred applications.

    What right has Microsoft got to constantly change my preferred settings? It is MY computer and I do not wish to use some of Microsoft's applications because they don't suit my requirements.

    Is this just a case of 'Microsoft knows best - so just accept that' ?

    :)
     
    willum08, Jan 9, 2020
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  2. Changing Default program in Win 10 home

    Hi Alan,

    Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

    • As you sure that this program is successfully installed on the PC?

    If the default protocol that you wish to change is not available in the Settings app, you can use Control Panel to change the default programs in Windows 10.

    Follow these steps:

    • Press the Windows key + X to get the menu.
    • Click the ‘Control Panel’ and then click on ‘Default Programs’.
    • Click on the option saying ‘Set Your Default Programs’.
    Control Panel will find the installed apps and programs and display the list. You will see the list of installed program in the left pane and the right pane will contain a description of program, along with options that let you set the program as default
    for files/protocols it can handle

    Select the program that you wish to set as default, and then click on ‘Set this Program as Default’. This will set the program as default for files and protocols it can handle.

    Hope this helps.

    Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

    Regards,

    Srimadhwa B

    Microsoft Community-Moderator
     
    Srimadhwa_B, Jan 9, 2020
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  3. Default programs are not working.

    I recently received and update for my Windows 7 system and an automatic update for my Windows 10 system. Since then, default programs have been changed. The programs that were the default programs are no longer in the default program list. (ie. Word,
    Excel, Access and a variety of other programs.)

    Clicking on Settings, Default Programs and Set Default Programs produces a list of 13 programs. There use to be and should be many more. Why screw with us like this with updates? PR is at an all time low.

    I can find no way to add them back into the default list. Therefore, I can not change the default program to my choice. It looks like Edge is used to display most everything. Google.doc also used at times. Both of these programs are of an inferior design
    and usability.

    Once again, it looks like Microsoft and Bill Gates have struck again. Does anybody have any solutions or suggestions to try?
     
    lylethethumb, Jan 9, 2020
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  4. Default Programs always changed after Windows 10 update

    Accidently changed default program for INDEX files Windows 10

    Hello,

    Microsoft has a reference where you may refer on regarding changing the default program in Window 10. We suggest that you check this

    link
    out. This contains easy steps regarding your concern.

    Feel free to post back if you need further assistance.
     
    Lawrence Lib, Jan 9, 2020
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