Windows 10: Window 10 losing defaults

On a fresh install of Windows 10 on a new desktop I have been experiencing a very frustrating set of events.


Windows is randomly changing my default apps to their original settings. PDFs are being taken from adobe and applied as MS Edge.


All the Office files, Excel, Word, Outlook etc are simply losing the defaults and not being assigned to anything.


The most frustrating one is that folders stop being associated with explorer. When double clicking they do not open. I usually have to try to open them three or four times before the functionality is restored. I started opening the context menu to select "Open" manually, but sometimes the menu doesn't show that option, and instead has the context menu for a random file. Usually no error message is reported, though twice I have gotten "Could not read from Registry Key" and once got the "This file does not have an app associated..." error, while trying to open a folder.



And yes, I know how to change the default app. I have to do it 10 times a day. It's usually good for about 10 minutes or so, then windows loses all of them again.


Any ideas?

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

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Thanks Brink. I've tried those steps before i started searching Google. After the profile rebuild i don't have the Photo app listed to choose to make it default in either the system settings for default apps or the Open With option.

I can't even find it doing a search. Seems to have been removed somehow with the profile rebuild, which doesn't make sense.

Might be helpful to list what i've done I've done the open with check, the choose default program in the system menu, tried that in device manager default programs also. I've checked the programs and features Turn windows features on/off and it's not listed there (never thought it was but that was a suggestion), searched the MS Store, it's not listed there either.

I don't like playing in the registry unless i have defined steps and haven't found anything for this yet, just the Win7 version like in my OP.

 

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