Windows 10: Windows 11 Pro does not respect file association settings in desktop programs

Discus and support Windows 11 Pro does not respect file association settings in desktop programs in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Hello, A few days ago I reinstalled a fresh on a clean SSD copy of Windows 11 Pro on my desktop PC. Everything has worked flawlessly except for one... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by frekje, Jan 31, 2024.

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    Windows 11 Pro does not respect file association settings in desktop programs


    Hello, A few days ago I reinstalled a fresh on a clean SSD copy of Windows 11 Pro on my desktop PC. Everything has worked flawlessly except for one very annoying thing. Windows 11 Pro doesn't seem to respect file association settings in third-party desktop programs at all. The first program I noticed having problems is WinRAR. After installing WinRAR, the program was strangely not bound to the .rar file extension in Windows. So I double checked the WinRAR settings and .rar among others was checked. I've tried checking/unchecking several file extensions in WinRAR, but Windows seems to bloc

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