Hello I have one issue with VLC media and media player classic they are not showing in the default applications. even if i go to choose default applications by file type they are not not listed. How do you get them to show? thank you.
Do this for each file extension you want to set up to run with your chosen application:
1 Right click on a file with the file extension you want to set up,
2 Open with,
3 If the one you want is not in the list then Choose another app,
4 Set the Always use this ... checkbox,
5 If the one you want is not in the list then More apps,
6 If the one you want is not in the list then Look for another app on this PC,
7 Browse to and select the chosen application's .exe file, click on Open,
8 It will then open the file in the chosen app.
9 All other files with the same file extension should also run in your chosen app if you now simply double-click on them.
Most of this is also explained with pretty pictures in Option 2 of
Choose Default Apps - TenForumsTutorials
but it leaves out my steps 6, 7. Instead, the tutorial takes a bit of a shortcut that I generally don't take.
If you had only been interested in getting your chosen apps in the Open with list instead of working through to set them as the default app for those file extensions then I would have suggested a different tutorial:
Remove, Add Programs from Open with Context Menu - TenForumsTutorials
and I would have advised you to take note of post #26 in that tutorial thread
Remove, Add Programs from Open with Context Menu [hexaae UWPApps note #26] - TenForumsTutorials
All the best,
Denis
Hello @gremar,
To see a full list of the availableDefault Apps[ Sorted byName],Copy & Pastethe following command into aPS Promptand pressEnter:
Code:Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Select Name, PackageFullName | Sort Name
ForVLCspecifically:
Code:Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Where Name -Like '*VLC*' | Select Name, PackageFullName | Sort Name
For what it is worth, I haveVLCwhich doesNOTshow, although I installed it as a standalone download !
I hope this helps.
Have you downloaded the portable version? That would not provide default options.
By way of an example, this is what I see: I can assign it thus:
thank you all for your response espically Try3, I followed your steps and it's working now thank you all.
Good.
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All the best,
Denis
hello, maybe i spoke too soon. I realised it only open that type of file but not the default,for paul black i want to say i did paste the command but got the message (get-appxpackage is not recognised as an internal or external command,)
this is what i get in choose default application by file type. I will go through the tutorial and see where i can head to. thank you
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