The script I’m providing here adds a bit of dynamics to the file type associations. And this is where this blog post and the attached script can help. The only thing remaining is to provide a way for application setups to change this XML file. In this case also existing user profiles are affected from the settings within the XML. The second option is to apply this XML file using a Group Policy setting. However, this method does not work for existing user profiles. Those settings are applied during the user profile creation process and allows users to change the settings afterwards. You can create an XML file containing the desired FTA’s and import it using DISM. On one hand this can prevent malicious software from inadvertently registering themselves as a default file handler but on the other hand it can cause inconvenience in Enterprises.īut we didn’t forget about enterprises and added an option to Windows 10 to manage file type associations (FTAs) in an administrative way. The final decision of which app opens which file type needs to be made by the user.
Applications can add themselves as an optional file handler, but it is no longer possible to programmatically change the default file handler for a certain file type. Former, the Adobe Reader setup was able to register itself as default handler for all. An example: You install Adobe Reader as your desired default PDF reader in your environment. during the installation of an application). I heard many of my customers complaining that it’s no longer possible to assign file types programmatically to an application (i.e.
Today I show you a way to make file type associations more enterprise ready. Press “Win + I” shortcut keys and open Windows Settings app and click on the “Apps” option.Hey community, this is Helmut Wagensonner, a Customer Engineer for Windows Client platform. Windows 10 offers a dedicated setting to setup default apps to open different files. Follow one of the below methods based on whether you want to change the association permanently or temporarily. There are multiple ways to change the file association in Windows 10. In addition, you can also setup default applications like browsers for general use and select different programs on need basis.Ĭheck out our article on how to change default app to open files in macOS. Good thing is that you can change default app to open a file type in Windows. However, it will be annoying to open HTML webpage in Edge when you want to open it in Google Chrome installed on your PC. It works fine in general scenario for quickly accessing the file content. txt extension will always open in a Notepad app. This will help you to use certain program to open certain type of files by default. By default, Windows 10 assigns an associated app for opening each file extension.
When working on computers you need to deal with different type of files on daily basis.
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