Every time Windows 10 updates it resets a series of default apps to Microsoft defaults. I want my videos and music handled by VLC and my photos by Irfanview. The MS default will not even give me good previews. After manually resetting default apps a few dozen times I am willing to write an app that runs in the background and protects my defaults - I understand Microsoft makes this difficult - does anyone know how. I tried the registry changes here http://winaero.com/blog/prevent-windows-10-from-resetting-your-default-apps/. I tried Stop Resetting My Apps. I read this piece with a paragraph suggesting Microsoft will make this hard Windows 10 equivalent of LaunchAdvancedAssociationUI. Does anyone have a solution - again I want something that can run in the background and set associations to my preferences not Microsoft's.
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Not off hand, but my advice don't run in background, just run on startup. Why waste the resources... – Trey Jun 15 '17 at 18:05
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I have seem Microsoft code change preferences after a startup - say updating windows defender – user1486990 Jun 16 '17 at 21:11
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Although this post is over 5 years old, the SetUserFTA might help you. See references here and here.
It worked for me to to programmatically set the default browser in Windows 10 and it should work for any other file types. I wrapped it in a BAT file, which I scheduled via Task Scheduler and I can also execute on-demand. Make sure to run it with elevated (highest) permissions, from your user account.
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