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Mar 13, 2019 - From now on, any files of that type will be opened with your chosen. Step 4: Scroll down if needed, and click Choose default apps by file type. Jan 26, 2019 Change default programs in Windows 10. Content provided by Microsoft. On the Start menu. Or music to automatically open using an app other than the one provided by Microsoft. To choose default apps by file type. Scroll down and select Choose default apps.
Changing File Associations Open Default Programs by clicking the Start button, and then clicking Default Programs. In Default Programs, you can: Use this option to choose which programs you want Windows to use, by default. You can choose the programs that Windows uses by default If a program does not show up in the list, you can make the program a default by using Set Associations. Open Default Programs by clicking the Start button, and then clicking Default Programs. Click Associate a file type or protocol with a program. Click the file type or protocol that you want the program to act as the default for.
Click Change program. Click the program that you want to use as the default for the file type you selected, or click the arrow next to Other Programs to show additional programs. (If you don't see Other Programs, or your program is not listed, click Browse to find the program you want to use, and then click Open. If no other programs are installed that are able to open the file type or protocol, your choices will be limited.) If you don't see the program you want to use as the default, click the arrow next to Other Programs to see a list of programs available on your computer 6. You cannot change an association for a file type or protocol and leave it blank or disassociated. You must select a new program. The options you set here only apply to your user account.
Your choices won't affect other user accounts on this computer.