Note - this will then set this app as the default for ALL types of file is capable of opening. In this example, that's just PDFs. In some cases, apps are capable of opening multiple file types media players especially. If you want the app to be the default for just one of the possible types of files it can open say, just MP3s , use the "Choose defaults for this program".
You can repeat this process as many times as you need to for programs like Excel, Word and media players. Open Windows settings and click the Apps menu 2. In the Apps menu, click Default apps on the left-hand side 3. Scrolling down to the bottom of the menu allows you to select Set defaults by app 5. Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to receive a monthly roundup of our best blogs and latest news. Make the year you do. Yet another possibility! Solving this can be tricky at best - I suggest you do a virus scan and if that doesn't fix it, you can always send me an email and I can look at it using my remote desktop support service.
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Case in point.. I click on an AVI file Part of this issue can be Microsoft trying to offer you "new" apps that can play the content eg. Your admin's installed X.. I had this problem which is how I came to find this page. In my case it was an. It is understandable that between then and the point Chrome was reinstalled that Windows would ask which app to use to open it. So if it's Win10 telling me this, why doesn't Win10 know this? I guessed that it wasn't Win10 at all telling me this, but something else.
So I looked at installed apps and, surprise, it showed Skype had been installed yesterday. By removing Skype the problem appears to have gone away. However, it makes me think that future messages like this should be thought of to contain more information than one knows. I've saved a screenshot of the message as a note to myself with the comment, "MS could be telling you something; check apps list for new clutter.
Every time I try to open a PDF from Microsoft Outlook windows 10 , the popup appears and asks how to open the program. Even if I check the "always use this program" box, it still pops up every single time. Every single time. I have tried numerous things such as turning off Microsoft edge in default programs and apps settings, turning it off in other settings.
Making sure Adobe is still the default program for PDF's etc. Nothing seems to work. Privacy Policy Terms of Service. Jump to Navigation. Search form Search. Infopackets Reader Leonard C. To do so: Open a file which invokes the "How do you want to open this file? Scroll through the list of programs in the list available to you. If you don't see the correct program, scroll all the way down the list until you see a link which reads: " Look for another app on this PC ".
Once that has been done, you will be taken back to the "How do you want to open this file? NOTE: if you scrolled through the "How do you want to open this file? For example: if I am trying to open a.
PDF file and I want to use Foxit Reader as the default program, but Foxit Reader does not appear to be installed, then I would have to go online and search for Foxit Reader, download it, then reinstall it. Usually reinstalling a program will automatically reinstate its file association s.
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