Windows 10: stop W10 from aking me to make apps default for file type

I upgraded to 10 from 7 a month or 2 ago and i keep getting prompts when i open certain files asking me to choose a program to be the default for that file type. It of course has the checkbox that asks me if i want to always use the app i choose. But like typical windows it never works. Yeah, it works for a bit then a few days or weeks later i try and open the file type again and get the prompt again even tho i checked the box last time it asked. I dunno if they have chimps designing windows or what but this is getting extremely frustrating ! How hard can i be to make that checkbox do what it's supposed to?

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stop W10 from aking me to make apps default for file type

Please post one or more screenshots thus:



- illustrate the prompt/dialogue box, the file type involved, and show what it's associated with - if anything.

Easier to answer specific questions with exact facts. Thanks.

Do you have this check box available in the Open With dialogue?




Which box are you referring to - the one I've shown or another?

 

How to change default app for file type

'Open With > Choose another app' has three step, in the first it only offers apps registered for that file type. If you click 'More apps' it lists all registered apps regardless of suitability. Both these steps have the tick-box for 'Always use...' in my 18363.752. The third step, if needed, is 'Look for another app on this PC'. The 'Always use...' must be ticked before taking this step if you want the change to stick. However, WMP appears at the second step.

For a quick look at a JPG almost anything (including WMP) is more practical than Photos which on my system takes more than ten seconds just to open a photo. The OP is probably not aware that the Windows Photo Viewer is still available in W10, but hidden away. That's my default viewer for JPG.


Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10

And, once enabled, is available in Settings > Apps > Default apps.

 

stop W10 from aking me to make apps default for file type

1. Click 'Start' and type 'Default apps'
2. Click 'Default Apps'
3. Click 'Choose Default app by file type'
4. Find the file type you want to set the default for, for example .PDF. Scroll down to the .PDF and click on it and choose from the options give.
5. Default set. Works everytime.