Setting File Associations - Another Step Backwards

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  1. Posts : 17,838
    Windows 10
       #31

    Bree said:
    ......I'll miss the fine control from the 'old ways'
    For sure!
    One page did it all; choose all your defaults 1, swap a few around in 2. Done!

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  2. Posts : 7,861
    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #32

    Thanks to all. I've marked the thread solved since there is a work around which provide shortcuts to restore the old functionality. It's a pity most users won't be aware of this unless they subscribe to an excellent forum like this.
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  3. Posts : 17,838
    Windows 10
       #33

    Won't let me choose Photo Viewer for .ico files!!!
    Frig Sakes MS!!!

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  4. Posts : 17,838
    Windows 10
       #34

    Never mind, I got it!

    Thing is, the Photos App won't display incremental sizes for .ico files!
    (That, and the Photo App takes too damn long to load 1 stinkin item!!!)

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  5. Posts : 7,861
    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #35

    I've changed this post to unsolved. I just upgraded to v1803 and noticed my shortcuts in Post 2 no longer work.

    The method for setting default apps from v1803 is now rubbish. The old Control Panel method was fine since you had precise control over which file types were associated with each program. The new method doesn't even list many important programs e.g. Photoshop so the control you have over file associations is very limited. Is this what MS calls progress? Is there a third party utility I can use to regain control?
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  6. Posts : 42,637
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #36

    Please advise whether you are unable to use the Open With dialogue to browse to your desired program.
    (A screenshot would help!)

    If the Open With dialogue doesn't allow you to browse to the program you wish to associate with a given extension, you might try adding it to the Open With dialogue using the Default Programs Editor (free):

    Setting File Associations - Another Step Backwards-1.jpg

    You can also do this:
    Setting File Associations - Another Step Backwards-1.jpg
    Setting File Associations - Another Step Backwards-2.jpg

    At a more detailed level - too much so for normal use - there's this:
    Setting File Associations - Another Step Backwards-1.jpg
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  7. Posts : 7,861
    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #37

    dalchina said:
    Please advise whether you are unable to use the Open With dialogue to browse to your desired program.
    (A screenshot would help!)

    If the Open With dialogue doesn't allow you to browse to the program you wish to associate with a given extension, you might try adding it to the Open With dialogue using the Default Programs Editor (free):

    Setting File Associations - Another Step Backwards-1.jpg

    You can also do this:
    Setting File Associations - Another Step Backwards-1.jpg
    Setting File Associations - Another Step Backwards-2.jpg

    At a more detailed level - too much so for normal use - there's this:
    Setting File Associations - Another Step Backwards-1.jpg
    I did find Photoshop after scrolling to the bottom of all the Open With options. Your recommended utility adds some useful functionality but it's not as good as the previous Control Panel method. Is there a utility which offers the same or better functionality than CP used to offer?
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  8. Posts : 42,637
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #38

    If I knew of one, I'd have posted it. I don't have 1803, and I'm not looking forward to using it.

    A little research with Google shows many such complaints, and this is ghacks comment:
    How to make any program the default on Windows 10 - gHacks Tech News

    Note they too mention the Nirsoft program I posted above, but not the other one.

    Thank you.
    Last edited by dalchina; 23 Jun 2018 at 04:41.
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  9. Posts : 31,398
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #39

    dalchina said:
    If I knew of one, I'd have posted it. I don't have 1803, and I'm not looking forward to using it...
    In the recent builds of 1709, while the shortcuts still open the control panel version of set defaults by app it has been disabled and cannot make any changes stick. The only thing 1803 changes in this area is that the shortcuts now take you to the settings app version.

    the 'right-click - open with' method is now the only available method to set defaults for apps that Settings doesn't list.
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  10. Posts : 42,637
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #40

    Just wondering- if you uninstall a program whose possible associations are not complete, then reinstall it, are you still prompted to choose the association for those extensions when you subsequently double click them?

    Hence, in turn, you would be able to associate pertinent extensions (you use) with that program. But how cumbersome.
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