Windows 10: Is there a way to reset the default values for Windows 10 file type associations to nothing?

Discus and support Is there a way to reset the default values for Windows 10 file type associations to nothing? in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I received a new windows 10 version 1703 desktop system. I checked the file type associations and to my surprise, even the .htm and .html file types... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Richard Dachowski, Jul 5, 2018.

  1. Is there a way to reset the default values for Windows 10 file type associations to nothing?


    I received a new windows 10 version 1703 desktop system. I checked the file type associations and to my surprise, even the .htm and .html file types were NOT already assigned to an application, not even to EDGE or IE 11.


    Is that the way the default settings for Windows 10 Version 1703 are supposed to be set? If so, if I change those settings to EDGE , can I later on change them back to where the .htm and .html file types are NOT ASSOCIATED with any application?

    :)
     
    Richard Dachowski, Jul 5, 2018
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  2. CherylA Win User

    Restore Default File Type Associations in Windows 10  


    Not to pester you, but it is inconvenient to "open with" every single time, and I remain quite perplexed why every other possible file extension appears to be listed in "Settings/System/Default apps/CHOOSE DEFAULT APPS BY FILE TYPE" but not .zip. It has always been possible prior to Windows 10 to associate ANY file extension with a default program. I'm not sure what you mean by ".zip is not listed by default." How else would one permanently associate a program with a file extension? The link I gave you, provided again below, as well as others I could find - indicates that that other people have .zip listed in their file type listings. Have you checked your listings available at location I've specified above? I have ... .yps, .z, .z96... and no .zip. Do you not see a .zip extension either but see essentially all others? Link: unable to Extract Zip files in Windows 10 - Microsoft Community.

     
    CherylA, Jul 5, 2018
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  3. Brink Win User
    Restore Default File Type Associations in Windows 10  


    Not sure why the suggested that there either since .zip is not listed by default. The easiest way is to use the "Open with" context menu to change the association for .zip.
     
    Brink, Jul 5, 2018
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  4. Is there a way to reset the default values for Windows 10 file type associations to nothing?

    Globally setting default file type associations

    Group policy would be the better way to go but I don't know if file associations are in there.

    This is what my server has in that key:
    Code: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Extensions] "ini"="notepad.exe ^.ini" "txt"="notepad.exe ^.txt" "wtx"="notepad.exe ^.wtx"[/quote]
     
    FordGT90Concept, Jul 5, 2018
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