Windows 10: Unable to change Windows 10 Default apps

I cannot changed the default apps on my laptop. I had one of your Microsoft agent try and repair Windows 10 Install Without Losing Apps & Data after giving them remote access, and it did not work. I STILL cannot change my default apps. I have already given two of your agents remote access to my laptop and NOTHING has changed. I am still stuck with your default apps. I never use any of windows apps now they are all I can use. No one at Microsoft even seems to be bothered to make this problem known, I had to google the issues myself and still couldn't find anything recent about this issue. This is an extremely unscrupulous way to do business. Why are all of your updates so awful? Don't you check them before hand? I had my computer set NOT to install updates and windows reverted my laptop right back to installing your awful broken updates and now I'm dealing with this headache. You caused the problem but it seems you expect your customers to do all of the work. I don't want a work around for this issue I want you to offer me a fix. I really upset and sick of dealing with this. It's so frustrating that no one seems to know how solve this issue and there is no timeline as to when it will be fixed. So am I just expect to manual open every app now?

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Windows 10 forgets default apps

I have noticed like not 5mins ago that Winamp just got kicked out of my default apps list in Windows 10 Pro.
I installed this installation not max 3 weeks ago with fresh downloaded Windows 10 Pro using Microsoft Media Creation Tool, is there a way to fix this bcs I using sfc /scannow don't do a lot for me and I have run it before on this installation.

Before u ask, I have fully updated my Windows 10 with all non-insider/beta updates.

The only thing I have disabled is the uac prompt that popup when u need admin for applications to run bcs it's simply annoying.

I don't remember having all these problems with Windows 8.1 Pro when i was using that and I am really thinking about going back so I can have "fully control" over Windows again with like disabling all the admin crap bcs I feel like it's messing more up and makes things less useful in Windows 10 with all these small problems I have and I read a lot of ppl having problems with various things time and time again where they needed to reinstall Win10 over and over to get it to work fully.

Any advice on how I can get Windows 10 to just work as a "daily driver" without all these small annoying things? *Frown

 

Windows 10 1803 default app change bug

When right clicking a file and going to "Open With", no matter what file it is, I can't change its default. The box is checked, and the app doesn't change.

This is also true of right clicking and going to "Properties". When I click change, the default doesn't change.

This is happening to me on 3 computers now. Steps to reproduce? I could probably do it by:

Installing Windows 8.1, and upgrading to 10 with the media creation tool.

This does not happen with a fresh install from a USB with Windows 10.

Don't tell me to go to "Settings" and change the defaults. The file type list is horrible, and some of my file types are not listed. The registry is not an option on multiple PCs as it is not just one file type. It is ALL file types. No matter what one I
try, it's always the same result.

Are there any suggestions? I know how to navigate computer, so please do not suggest that I need to go to Settings

> Apps > Default Apps. These options are far from optimized, and they don't have what I need. There isn't even an option to browse for an app to select defaults for when the app doesn't show up in the list.

A quick fix would be nice. Even a simple item in the registry? I could potentially have this problem on all 75 computers in this building as they all started at 8.1 before going to 10. I can't reinstall Windows on every machine. That's ridiculous.

 

Can't change default apps in Windows 10

Hi,

As per your description, you are unable to set a program as your default browser in Control Panel as it is not showing as an option. To provide you the best steps to resolve the issue, we need to isolate it with a few questions:

• When did it start happening?
• Were there any changes made to your computer settings prior to this issue?
• Have you tried going to Settings > Default Apps >
  Web Browser as what Yuri Nathan previously suggested?
• Is the program showing when you go to Control Panel >
  Programs > Programs and feature?

Regards.