Set and Keep default APP

If I try to open a .txt file, I get

If I do this,

It works. If I try again using any other .txt file or the same one, I get my first image again.
If I do the same using a .ZIP file the same happens.

What are you using to open the text file?

In the taskbar search box, type: default apps.
On that page, scroll down and pick: Choose default apps by file type.
Then scroll down till you see .txt, and choose Notepad.


Now, text files should always open in Notepad, without all the questions.

A quick way to do this is to use the assoc and ftype commands from a Elevated Command Prompt Window.

Enter assoc .txt
Result should be: .txt=txtfile

Next enter ftype txtfile
Result should be: txtfile=%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1

If either are wrong you can set them:

assoc .txt=txtfile
ftype txtfile=%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1

Jacee said:

What are you using to open the text file?

Look in my second image.

Ghot said:

In the taskbar search box, type: default apps.
On that page, scroll down and pick: Choose default apps by file type.
Then scroll down till you see .txt, and choose Notepad.


Now, text files should always open in Notepad, without all the questions.

I tried that method 3 or 4 times, and failed everytime.

Roderunner said:

I tried that method 3 or 4 times, and failed everytime.

Try option two, here...

Restore Default File Type Associations in Windows 10

Ztruker said:

A quick way to do this is to use the assoc and ftype commands from a Elevated Command Prompt Window.

Enter assoc .txt
Result should be: .txt=txtfile

Next enter ftype txtfile
Result should be: txtfile=%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1

If either are wrong you can set them:

assoc .txt=txtfile
ftype txtfile=%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1

I'm not sure of what you want me to do, could you try again please.

Roderunner said:

I'm not sure of what you want me to do, could you try again please.

In the taskbar search box, type: cmd, then look up... right click command prompt and choose: Run as administrator.
A black window will open.

type: assoc .txt
...(space between assoc and .txt)


Etc., etc., etc.




IF you don't get the proper "results" you can edit them to BE the proper results.

I have just found out, that if the .txt file is on the desktop, I get this if I try to open it.


If I move or copy the same file to D:drive, it opens normally. Moving or copying back to the desktop it fails to open.