Ignoring Default App Settings

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  1. Posts : 651
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       #11

    Further information, submitted to add to the general confusion of both the known and unknown worlds:

    Popups for .avi, .mid, and .mp3 extensions want to change from VLC to Media Player, yet when I click on those listings, the Media Player is not offered as a choice.

    .CAB extension, which wants to change from WinRar to (? did not write down the change) is not even listed in the listing of extensions.

    VLC player offers to change to Media Player, except there is no such entry (if my scribbled note is correct.)
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  2. Posts : 651
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       #12

    dalchina said:
    Hmm, more of a trial by fire ....

    I'd guess that having moved a lot of progs onto your new PC from Win 7 you might have sthg out of date or incompatible.
    Hence my suggestion of a clean boot, should you need to investigate again.
    For reference, another incantation you can use is Shellexview by Nirsoft, freeware. This lets you disable all shell extensions that might have side effects. (A great way of diagnosing rt click problems- and simplifying the context menu too if you wish).
    - hide all MS extensions
    - then disable all others

    Recheck symptoms (no need to restart etc).

    To check for out of date progs I recommend Sumo (lite version 'nork'). This is the most comprehensive updater I know. Free.
    Sumo Lite installed and used. I did notice yesterday one or more out-of-date entries; have not had time to look into them. Other suggestions shall be followed eventually.


    SUMO LIte ins
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  3. Posts : 651
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       #13

    dalchina said:
    Trick for Aomei Backupper (which I use) and which the developer said he'd put in the manual:

    So your external backup disk is always allocated the same drive letter:
    Plug in your disk.
    Windows key + R, diskmgmt.msc
    Using that program, reallocate the drive letter for your USB drive to a letter you'll never use.

    Next time you plug in that drive, it will be allocated the same letter.
    And of course that letter is the one Aomei uses.

    Note- it's easy to recreate the backup but using a different drive letter as follows: delete it (specification, not the files!), then navigate to and explore the image (Utilities, Explore Image - as if you were going to mount it), the backup magically appears in Aomei again.
    Done the easy way: Changed drive letter in GenieSoft; had to reinstall AOMEI, as it failed the transfer, so chose the new drive letter, I:\.
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  4. Posts : 651
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       #14

    Latest Findings: Windows Media Player is not installed, but there are folders with it in both Program Files and Program Files (x86). Could that be the cause of the problem? Seems a bit odd that a non-installed program could cause the popups, but given that Windows is a bit odd, the world is more than a bit odd....

    I tried to delete one of the folders, which gave me the Trusted Installer message; I don't remember what that is, and have not looked it up yet.

    What about Player entries in the Registry, which I suppose are left over from my Windows 7, which did have the program installed; could those be culpable?
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  5. Posts : 42,734
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #15

    Ignoring Default App Settings-snap-2016-02-22-08.35.42.jpg
    Hi, WMP is a bit puzzling.. I noted those two folders also, and this is a clean install of Win 10, so suggest you leave it well alone. That's how to remove/install it.
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       #16

    Not Myself said:
    Popups for .avi, .mid, and .mp3 extensions want to change from VLC to Media Player, yet when I click on those listings, the Media Player is not offered as a choice.

    VLC player offers to change to Media Player, except there is no such entry (if my scribbled note is correct.)
    This is what I see:
    Ignoring Default App Settings-untitled.png
    WMP is there.. but you may have to look further- More Options..
    Or you could try using the control panel to uninstall it and reinstall it.
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  7. Posts : 42,734
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #17

    Not Myself said:

    .CAB extension, which wants to change from WinRar to (? did not write down the change) is not even listed in the listing of extensions.
    Mm, not shown in Control Panel, Default Apps, File association list if that's where you were looking..

    Is this one MS is surreptitiously reserving for its own use?
    Notwithstanding which, using Control Panel Default Apps to associate Winrar with all it can handle => .cab associated with Winrar (not restarted yet).
    Last edited by dalchina; 22 Feb 2016 at 05:25.
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  8. Posts : 42,734
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #18

    I'm seeing a few reports here of users with new PCs or very little installed with file association problems.
    I don't suffer them (so far), but all is up to date.

    Normally one would expect:
    - Windows corruption - repair it.
    - Simple user error or assumption- do it another way
    - Interaction between some program conflicting with Windows (application, driver...)
    - Some peculiar setting problem
    (then there are the less frequently occurring hardware problems)

    But it is increasingly looking as though there's sthg intrinsic to the new model of Windows marketing and the universal apps implementation, and the way MS treats defaults that is misbehaving.

    What is not at all clear is what the trigger for this is, as it only affects some users/PCs.

    Possible reg fix here:
    Fix for "An App Default was Reset" Windows 10 Resetting File Associations (Registry Fixes) - The Winhelponline Blog

    See discussion here e.g. (not solved in general)
    Solved Last update caused all custom file associations to reset to defaults - Page 2 - Windows 10 Forums


    http://news.slashdot.org/story/16/02...t+%28rdf%29%29
    Last edited by dalchina; 22 Feb 2016 at 07:36.
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  9. Posts : 651
    Windows 10 Pro (21H2)
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       #19

    dalchina said:
    Ignoring Default App Settings-snap-2016-02-22-08.35.42.jpg
    Hi, WMP is a bit puzzling.. I noted those two folders also, and this is a clean install of Win 10, so suggest you leave it well alone. That's how to remove/install it.
    Thanks for link to Windows Features, where I turned off Windows Media Player. The only thing I used it for, and that very infrequently, was for ripping music from a CD. Perhaps the popups will now no longer pop up.
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  10. Posts : 651
    Windows 10 Pro (21H2)
    Thread Starter
       #20

    dalchina said:
    Mm, not shown in Control Panel, Default Apps, File association list if that's where you were looking..

    Is this one MS is surreptitiously reserving for its own use?
    Notwithstanding which, using Control Panel Default Apps to associate Winrar with all it can handle => .cab associated with Winrar (not restarted yet).
    Thanks. I found and marked .cab in WinRar yesterday afternoon, and it stopped popping up, leaving only the three miscreant Windows Media Player ones.
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