How to Add Default Apps to Desktop Context Menu in Windows 10


A default app is the program that Windows uses automatically when you open a particular file type or protocol.

You can make the following changes from the Default apps page in Settings that are only applied to the current user account:


This tutorial will show you how to add or remove a Default apps desktop context menu for all users in Windows 10.

While you must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the Default apps context menu, all users will be able to use the context menu.


EXAMPLE: Default apps desktop context menu and Default apps page in Settings
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Here's How:

1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.

2 To Add Default apps to Desktop Context Menu

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Default_apps_to_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download


3 To Remove Default apps from Desktop Context Menu

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Default_apps_from_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download


4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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