Windows 10: Does Windows 10 keep asking if you want to use the app you've chosen to open a file?

Discus and support Does Windows 10 keep asking if you want to use the app you've chosen to open a file? in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Does this OS have Amnesia or what? Things like PDF's....it's unending. I keep on selecting it and checking that yes, that is the default app. A few... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Bob Is Interested, Oct 18, 2023.

  1. Does Windows 10 keep asking if you want to use the app you've chosen to open a file?


    Does this OS have Amnesia or what? Things like PDF's....it's unending. I keep on selecting it and checking that yes, that is the default app. A few days later it happens again. Doesn't Microsoft realize how bad this makes them look? On this page, under Topics they can' t even put them in alphabetical order! Who does that? Answer: Someone utterly divorced from any semblance of mental order and logic. The real problem with things like this that never get fixed is management. They let it slide. They are not overseeing these things that go unfixed for literally years. Like that moronic

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    Bob Is Interested, Oct 18, 2023
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  2. Ahhzz Win User

    Windows 10 Tweaks

    Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

    Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

    • Open a new Explorer window.
    • Click View in the ribbon.
    • Click Options.
    • Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
    • Click OK


    credit to Lifehacker.
     
    Ahhzz, Oct 18, 2023
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  3. Jetster Win User
    Jetster, Oct 18, 2023
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  4. Try3 Win User

    Does Windows 10 keep asking if you want to use the app you've chosen to open a file?

    Application not showing in default app

    Do this for each file extension you want to set up to run with your chosen application: 1 Right click on a file with the file extension you want to set up, 2 Open with, 3 If the one you want is not in the list then Choose another app, 4 Set the Always use this ... checkbox, 5 If the one you want is not in the list then More apps, 6 If the one you want is not in the list then Look for another app on this PC, 7 Browse to and select the chosen application's .exe file, click on Open, 8 It will then open the file in the chosen app. 9 All other files with the same file extension should also run in your chosen app if you now simply double-click on them. Most of this is also explained with pretty pictures in Option 2 of Choose Default Apps - TenForumsTutorials but it leaves out my steps 6, 7. Instead, the tutorial takes a bit of a shortcut that I generally don't take. If you had only been interested in getting your chosen apps in the Open with list instead of working through to set them as the default app for those file extensions then I would have suggested a different tutorial: Remove, Add Programs from Open with Context Menu - TenForumsTutorials and I would have advised you to take note of post #26 in that tutorial thread Remove, Add Programs from Open with Context Menu [hexaae UWPApps note #26] - TenForumsTutorials All the best, Denis
     
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