Windows 10: File type .xml not saving Open With preferences after 2004 build 19041.329 experience...

I keep trying to set the default app to open XML files something other than IE11 used to have it set to open in an XML editor. Neither using Settings>Apps>Default Apps or right clicking on an XML file in explorer and changing the default under properties seems to work. As soon as I try to download and open a new XML file Explorer displays riginal default icon for the xml file, and the file will open in IE11.

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Problem when opening a XML file

Hi Roberto - From another source I received a suggestion to open the offending file in Wordpad and to save it as an Office Open XML document which would have an extension of '.xml.doc' then remove the '.doc' part

That idea unfortunately hasn't worked for me. Having saved the file as suggested I then tried to open it. In Internet Explorer and MS Edge I get a completely blank page. In Notepad, Wordpad or Office XML Handler (which uses Notepad) I just get unintelligible
"mumbo jumbo". In XML Notepad it states "Data at the root level is invalid Line 1 Position 1 and asks if I wish to open it using Notepad. Answering yes just results in "mumbo jumbo" as before.

The file only opens correctly in Word 2016, (i.e. showing all the elements etc.) but if I try to open any of the other XML files using Word, I get a message that "The file contains custom XML elements that are no longer supported in Word. Saving the fie will
remove these elements permanently", and only the data for each element is shown for these files and there is no sign of the various elements themselves.

Don't know if any of the above gives some indication of what is wrong, but it's all very frustrating . Can't help feeling that it is something very simple! I would stress that the other four xml files used by the program all open properly in a Edge window

 

When downloading XML files, no "open" button is present, only "save as" or cancel

Hi LetsFigureItOut,

If you can't open an .xml file directly from Internet Explorer after downloading it, you can try changing the default app by file type from the settings. Here's how:

• Go to Settings > Apps > Default apps.
• Select Change default apps by file type.
• Scroll down to .xml then change the default app to Internet Explorer.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Windows 10 SDK for Windows 10 version 2004 build 19041 now available

Source: Start Developing on Windows 10, version 2004 Today - Windows Developer Blog