#Windows open with windows 10#
To undo always open in Windows 10 with this setting, follow the steps along. Method 2: Making Tweaks From “Choose a Default App for Each Type of File” SettingsĬomparatively speaking, the end result is the same, except with this method, you can make adjustments to many file types - all from one place. Doing so will allow you to switch from the app you don’t want to use - to the one you want to, for that specific file. I DO NOT SEE ANYWHERE WHERE IT READS 'SET YOUR DEFAULT PROGRAMS' Help us with more information to assist you further. I TRIED THIS AND GET AS FAR AS 'OPEN WITH' AND AM THEN ABLE TO CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE PROGRAM. Select a program in which your file to open. To undo your default always open with app, select another one from “other options,” and make sure to select the checkbox with always use this app to open (.filetype) files. Right click on the file and select 'open with'. (yourfiletype) files: This is actually a checkbox that you can select to change the default app for a file type (after picking another application from other options) or if you want to continue using the app shown in “keep using this app.” See the screenshot below to see how all three choices look like.Ī typical “How do you want to open this file?” dialog box in Windows 10. Windows 10 will recognize some of the applications that can support your file, but you can choose something else entirely by either going to the App Store, or browsing your computer. Other Options: Here, you can elect to go with another app to open that same file.Keep using this app: This essentially translates into the fact that whatever app that is shown, is what’s going to be used to open that file.Step 3: Clicking on choose another app will open a dialog box that will provide you with the following three possibilities:
Once you do, from the available choices, one of them would be “choose another app.” Step 2: Select the “choose another app” option. Step 2: As shown, hover your mouse to the “open with” option. Step 1: Right-click on the file to initiate the context menu. Step 1: With this method, select a file - or in this case, the file type you’d want to change the default app for, and then right-click on it to have the context menu pop up. If Microsoft Store won't launch, get more info at Microsoft Store does not launch. Method 1: Changing or Undoing a Default App Using the Right-Click Context Menu Windows 11 Windows 10 Microsoft Store Microsoft account dashboard. 2) Select the App you want to add to the Open With list and click the Always open with this app radio button. The first is to simply use the right-click context menu, while the second involves leveraging a Windows 10 settings in order to change the default app for multiple file types (such as. If you do not see a key called Open With under the ContextMenuHandlers key, right-click on the ContextMenuHandlers key and select New > Key. 1) Select Open With and select Choose Another App. There are two methods you can employ to undo or to modify a default app for a specific file type.