Windows 10: How can I change the default app for editing pictures without changing the default app for...

My default app for opening pictures is Photos. As for editing them, there are three options: "Edit with Photos", "Edit with Paint 3D", and just "Edit" — which launches Paint.

I'm trying to remove all the "Edit" options or and set up one for Photoshop instead, without screwing up the "Open" action which is also the double-click action.

https://preview.redd.it/n4vd1w12kvd...bp&s=7713fc226f718897558f8b6a68ddf130aa14928c

If I right-click a picture and click Properties, I can change "Opens with" but I couldn't find an option to change the editing apps anywhere.



https://preview.redd.it/6bvq7kfhkvd...bp&s=a5f6165c744a8716f49895332a82add915c583f2

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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.

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.


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My friend did something on her computer the other day in which her pictures folder - the pictures are not pictures now, they have the default photo app viewer. How can I change them so she sees the pictures are pictures?

 

Cannot change the default apps by using control panel

Original Title: Cannot change default apps.

As said, I cannot change the default apps by using control panel > ... > Default Apps tab.

I cannot change any of the default programs. I use paint.net to edit/view photos and I cannot set it to the default program even though it is on the list, it does not change and i'm stuck with the default photo viewer. This happens with any other app actually,
I cannot change the default music player there, nor browser or anything.

I followed these steps as suggest by a microsoft engineer, post 2, and later on, no avail.

Can't change default apps in Windows 10

I refuse to use work arounds, I'd like a proper solution is possible, thank you.