Windows 10: How do I set default app for filetypes not listed?

I have an editor VIM which I'd like to set as the default app for .bat files. Actually it doesn't have to be THE default app, but preferably I would like it listed as an ap that can be used for that file type.Unfortunately, the setting for assigning default apps does not list the .bat file type. Hoe can I do what I want to do?

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Unable to change default app by protocol or filetype.

Hi, I don't have Acrobat installed. With Sumatra as my default pdf reader, that hyperlink to a pdf docoument opens in.. yes.. Sumatra. Changing to Edge:




the hyperlink opens in... yes.. Edge.

If, as seems the case, Bluebeam is correctly associated with pdf files, I can't say why the hyperlink fails. Your guess about the protocol may be right- I don't know. If you could make any change to that to test that theory, as you suggest, that would help.

If you wish to view the relevant registry key, a convenient way to get there is via free Filetypesman - a rt click option.

 

Unable to change default app by protocol or filetype.

Hi, just considering what is shown in the Open With options, for example:



Here you can see Sumatra is my default reader.





Here you can see Sumatra and Chrome are added to the Open With list, + Edge, a system default.

The choice presented to you for .fdf, .pdfxml, .pdx for example, should depend on whether Bluebeam has correctly registered itself in the appropriate place as capable of handling those extensions.

So, for example, is Bluebeam shown in the Open With list for those extensions?

It is not enough that a program is installed that is potentially capable of handling a file type (e.g. via an Open dialogue) but that it be so registered. That is up to the author to specify.

Application Registration - Windows applications | Microsoft Docs





This opens in Sumatra, my default.

Unfortunately this option in the Control Panel now opens in Settings:



and does not allow you to do what it claims.

 

setting default app for filetype

Hello --

What did I miss here?

I wanted to change the default app to process a zip file ---

So I when to the screen to set the default apps, selected the option to set the

app by file type

I then scrolled down the list an found .zip

clicked on it and I got to see all the apps that could process a zip file -- but,

then one I wanted to use was not listed there -- so I was looking for the "browse" option, but it was

not there!!! --- I could have when to the MS store, but that is NOT what I wanted to do

I had to resort to using the commands ftype and assoc to get this to work

what did I miss here?