Windows 10: "How do you want to open this file?" keeps popping up despite default!

Hi, this prompt seems to occur if:
a. there's no default set
b. if there is a default set, but you've installed another program that could be associated with it

Note that to set the default there, you have to scroll down to
'Always use this app' and tick the box.

Once that's done, you shouldn't be prompted again.

Please advise if you still have problems.

 

Thank you, but there's is not tuck box for "always use this app" which is weird because on most file types like .JPEG I can select sayz Photoshop, Windows Photo Viewer etc. and there is a select this as default box but not on some files...mostly text files....I even right clicked and selected note pad as the default and saved but when I double click it, it still says "Do you want to open this file?" even if I've untucked "always ask" very odd and stumping me..I tried to even reset the default file associations but same thing....hmmmmmm

Aha! You have to select the default app first, then the tickbix becomes available. Hehehehe learn everyday. Awesome.

 

Could you post a screenshot similar to this please? (Doesn't have to be a bird.. *chuckle)




If indeed your defaults are not being saved, suggests some sort of corruption- permissions, profile maybe.

An outside possibility is, if you find just one or two file types are a problem, try using the relevant info from this and see if it helps.
Default File Type Associations - Restore in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

Here is the fix from Microsoft for this exact issue: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3094186

 

I have Windows 10 and Outlook 2007. Go to the below web site and follow the directions. You will have two choices: Download a quick fix program or edit the registry. I downloaded the quick fix program, but it did not work, because it said I don't have Outlook 2007 installed, which I do. I then edited the registry following their directions, and it worked! Where it has you locate the Default, type the required data in the command line, not the opennew line as the directions say. Actually I did both. Here is the link:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3094186

 

Thank you. I realized after I select the default (and if program isn't in the selections you can browse to the app you wanna use) then the tickbix appears to use the same app everytime in the future, except I've noticed some if the larger preview version updates break it so you might have to set it again but no biggie. (if you're running the developer previews) I'm no dev but signed up because I work in IT just not a developer but like to learn the new stuff or try new features that may become a normal feature in all versions. Thank you for the reply though. Much appreciated. Sorry such a late reply. I missed the email showing I had them (spam folder)

Thx

 

But you can say "other" and navigate to program files or program files 86 and manually select an app too then you should get the tick box to use everytime

 

So I've had this problem for quite a while now. I tried installing several stuff for my minecraft client as I was going to play it on a LAN-Party. To do this I had to enter %appdata%. Whenever I tried running it in "Run". It told me "How do you want to open this file?". For some odd reason whenever I started up my pc too I got this message.
Today my spotify started acting weird, it closed itself. Opened again and closed. It kept on doing this forever. I searched for it and found out I had to run another command in "Run" %APPDATA%\Spotify\spotify.exe --disable-accelerated-layers --disable-accelerated-fixed-root-backgroundBut once again it said: "How do you want to open this file?"
After searching around about 10 minutes I tried several stuff, but what seemed to fix it for me was: Running: "C:Users" and then there was a file with My own name which I deleted.
And guess what? Now I can open %appdata% and run the spotify command.
Just thought I would share how I fixed it as it has been bothering me for a while. Hope this helps anyone!

 

I found the same file by choosing internet explorer when I was asked how to open "the file" on startup, and looking at the file path in the address bar. Deleting the file seems to be temporary - I just had to go delete the same file again after deleting it a day or two ago...

 

That's why BEFORE you make an image you do a VERY thorough cleaning of virus, malware registry, delete any junk you don't want in the image, do a disck cleanup and get rid of any temp files, windows.old folders (unless you'd want to keep them for some unknown reason) etc etc etc THEN make the image of the disc so you KNOW it's virus and junk bloatware free.

 

Have you replaced your CMOS battery at all or recently? For 3.00 it might be woirth a shot...it retains several settings like time and date etc when your machine is off but I've seen a dead one cause many other errors. it's worth a shot.

 

Guys I figured out the cause for this:
Some programs neglect to put the path to their executable in quotes when they add themselves to the list of startup apps.
The way I fixed this was by using CCleaner to open their registry entries and manually adding quotes to all the paths.

 

I have Ccleaner Pro, but I don't see any way to edit the registry.

 

Tools > Startup

Look at the File column of the startup programs, and make sure that they all have quotes around them. If you find one that doesn't, right click on it and select open in RegEdit

 

Thanks for the tip. The only ones not quoted are Adobe Switchboard and Windows Defender.