Choose Default Apps in Windows 10  

pstein said:

How to remove context menus "Add to Windows Media Player List" and "Play with Windows Media Player" but KEEP file associations?

How to remove context menu items from shell - TenForums
As dalchina mentions in that thread, many people find it easiest to use WinAero Tweaker for the job.

Add or Remove "Add to Windows Media Player list" Context Menu - TenForumsTutorials
Add or Remove "Play with Windows Media Player" Context Menu - TenForumsTutorials


Denis

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walleyeblugill said:

its hiding not there

Relates to Pdf etc
@walleyeblugill

Don't post in this tutorial thread. Respond in the linked thread. (The one that you started).

Pdf etc

Cool! I was about to ask this, but of course it's already a topic here. :)
Since getting back into Windows, my first thought was, "Okay. What is the Registry Key for that?". Mostly because I like this new Opera GX Browser, but the way it saves custom profiles-- which i'd prefer-- it expressly states "not a default-app option" (or some such). Context: I'm all about making a custom commandline w/ args to open.. whatever, on-click, and know that it's possible to get Windows to do it, if it's told so correctly. Then, I realized how lazy I am and generally prefer to avoid trusting myself to pickleball about in the Registry.

Actually, I Googled first and found this and i thought of you guys. But, I knew you'd have something better. He's got 4 ways. You've even reminded me of some (e.g. using File Properties => Default) that I didn't think of, in providing SEVEN ways!

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The ever changing layout and menus of Microsoft Windows make even this tutorial useless.

I recently updated and in the default apps I can no longer get my own default apps as they have removed that function respectively if I select i.e. email, the app is not listed there.

How can I get back what I want not what Microsoft wants?

Continued here: frustrating internal changes and modifications with every update

A very helpful program is the

Default Programs Editor

(free).

I have also responded to your question about 'Mailto' in the link above.

Bear in mind if programs don't register themselves as handlers for a particular file type or protocol - particularly portable programs - you may need to be a little more ingenious.