Windows 10: 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?

:)

 

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.

 

Unable to change default app by protocol or filetype.


Hello Dalchina, thanks for yout quick response.

It is quite possible that the problem is (partly?) the fact that Bluebeam hasn't been registered correctly. That thought dir occur to me as well.

When I right click a .pdf file, Bluebeam is presented as one of the programs to open it with, so that is as it should be. However, it is not in the "OpenWithList" in the registry.




What I am going to try is:

• Add the executable to "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths"
• Add the executable to the "OpenWithList" for .pdf files.

I'll let you know if this does the trick.