Windows 10: How to stop "How Do You Want To Open This"

Not me

 

Add Firefox to the list of not having this issue on my system.

 

Snap I don't have this issue at all I use Chrome and Firefox and nothing else.

 

It is not generalising. I, and I'm sure a lot of non-tech suckers who don't question it, have the same problem and no answer from MS which is why we post on these forums.

Just because you can't help, don't sneer at those in a different situation to yourself - you're just fortunate it hasn't happened to your set up - for now.

 

I am having the same problems... it's driving me nuts.

I checked it a million times to set as default. (IE 11, and not Edge) but keeps asking.
Same for E-mails / links within.
When I check the defaults it's all set for IE11.

 

A similar situation in a photo program XNVIEW you can hit F3 key with any active image and go to the associated program, in my case to Photoshop CC. Formerly, in all previous versions I went with the image directly to Photoshop CC. Now every time I go to "How do you want open this file?" and even selecting "Always select this app to open "jpg" files." No matter how many times I do this it is always the same. Much less efficient with this extra unneeded step.

 

LOL. I gave up on windows.... the video drivers from Nvidia are killing my eyes. tried 1000 different things, and gave up on it..
Went back to 8.1

 

There is a bug and a reg fix is required. See link below. It fixed mine......win10 pro 64-bit with Outlook 2010 and IE 11.

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/lin...in-windows-10/

 

I decided to switch back to using IE11 due to numerous problems with the new Edge browser. After switching I also began getting the popup box titled "How do you want to open this". I used the above link and ran the file they include on their site and allowed it to edit my Registry. It only took a minute and now I no longer get the annoying popup message.

IT WORKS!

 

Awesome, that fixed it for me too, I used default="cmd /c start %1" so it just opens a new tab in existing window. It was so annoying.

 

Fracking4Oil...if you would read the numerous other comments on here there are MANY people complaining of this issue, so it is NOT just Teachermark's system. Just because YOU do not have the problem doesn't mean it does not exist. So how about YOU not minimize other people's problems and concerns just because it does not affect YOU?! In fact, if you have nothing useful to offer or aren't asking for help, how about you say nothing? *Mad

 

I have the same issue, but I actually have NOT experienced it when opening hyperlinks. I have set Windows Media Player as my default for all video files (except DVD files), and I have set IrfanView as my default for all image formats. But apparently Windows doesn't believe that I meant it when I set those defaults. It doesn't happen all the time, but it has happened more than once.

Today alone, I got the "How do you want to open..." pop-up when opening and MP4 video, an MPG video, a PNG image, and a BMP image. It's irritating enough simply because I have manually gone in and set all of the defaults, plus every time this pop-up pops up, I check the "Always use this app" box. But it's so much more irritating because whenever the pop-up does decide to pop up, it takes 30 seconds or more for it to appear, and in the meantime, NOTHING happens. I don't even get the little spinning wheel mouse cursor.

If it's a bug, it's unquestionably intentional, because the new Win10 apps are always featured at the top of the list of options. And the "fix" proposed by luke7859 is irrelevant, not only because it would only work for that file type (although it could be adapted to any other file type), but also because I already have the default set, but somehow Windows feels the need to periodically ask me if I want to change my mind.

It would be great if there were a setting that is deeply buried somewhere that would simply turn off this behaviour.

 

This is a disgrace. And this warning will never disappear if you dont tick the box, and wont let you open the file in question.

Why the hell Windows ask me about HOW I WANT TO OPEN A JPG???

This is the most annoying Windows feature in 20 years.

....And no fix.

 

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

 

This is a default which may not be set via Settings when selecting a default browser and needs to be done explicitly from the Control Panel, Default Programs, Associate a file type...

Go right down towards the end of the list and check the HTTP and HTTPS associations and set as necessary.

This was so a long time ago, alas.