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Set up file association in your Windows 10 image.If you do not see your file extension in XML file, go back to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Default Programs and configure default apps associations, select file extension, click on Change Program and confirm the program in the dialog box.You can try XML Notepad to edit/validate XML files. Opening XML file in the old Internet Explorer is a good idea to check if the XML is valid. Manually editing the file could result in a non-valid XML file.As a result, you will get an app reset notification for epub. If you’re using an XML file from Windows 10 1607, epub is missing. For example, in Windows 10 1703, Microsoft Edge registers the epub extension. VERY IMPORTANT: If you want to import your file with DISM.exe, DO NOT delete any file associations entries!Ī missing entry will trigger the App default reset notification and you will get a notification storm at the first logon.Īs some recommended applications can manage more extensions with each new Windows 10 version available, it’s a good practice to refresh your XML. Usually at this step you will be tempted to delete other lines because you simply don’t care about them and get a file like this: Open the xml file and check if everything looks good.PS C:\Windows\system32> dism /online /export-defaultappassociations:”C:\Temp\IE-DefaultBrowser.xml” Dism.exe /online /export-defaultappassociations:C:\temp\CustomFileAssoc.xml.

And to export properly the associations use the same account used in step 3, otherwise you will get a malformed XML file. Note that you need administrator rights to use dism.exe.

Export/import the custom default app association with dism.exe.

Internet Explorer is now the default web browser Let’s try to configure Internet Explorer as the default browser In Windows 10 1709, this control panel item is now in Settings app. Go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Default Programs and configure default apps associations.

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The best way to do it is to set up a reference computer, install applications, configure default programs and use Dism to export/import the custom default app associations or use a group policy.

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It’s possible for IT Pro to configure or force default association using supported methods.

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How to configure file association in Windows 10? In Windows 10, if you are using applications or scripts that tamper registry entries to configure default apps associations, you will get app reset notifications. These change is documented in KB4001770: Reset app default when a registry setting is deleted or corrupted and streamlined notification about the corruption. Additionally, the end-user will receive this notification: An App default was reset.

Now,Windows 10 detects that the registry is corrupted and will reset the default program for this file extension.

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You will find some explanation on The Old New Thing blog: Why do my PDF file associations get reset every time I restart? Windows 10: An app default was resetīut what happens if an application is not using Windows API and writes some stuff and hijacks user preferences? If an application used Windows API to set default apps, the user will receive the following notification:įor more information about these changes :

Each time a new application registers a file extension, except if the Always use this app to open.

On the first launch of a file extension, if multiples programs are registered for handling that file extension.

This new way puts the user in control with a new file association notification. The way that default file associations work changed in Windows 10. Now in Windows 10 checks if registry file extension keys have not been modified to prevent file association hijacking. The main requirement for default file association is often forgotten: the end-user is in control.

There were different ways and guidance to set default program prior to Windows 10 (see Managing Default Applications).īefore Windows 10, an application could check default apps, ask for user consent and set default app programmatically using Windows API.īut some programs skip the user consent and set the app defaults into the registry. Ran into this neat post on the MS Blogs by Ismaël Limbada:Īfter reading it, you will be able to configure file associations in Windows 10 and avoid this notification: An app default was reset.Īll steps described in this blog post have been tested on following Windows 10 versions:Ĭonfiguring file association prior Windows 10