![]() Now in Windows 10, a notification is displayed when a user launches a file type that has multiple programs registered as handlers. Neither Store apps nor win32 apps can invoke a prompt asking for consent to change app defaults. The UI for managing file associations in Windows 10 aims to put the user in control. ![]() Some developers skipped this step and changed the file association settings in the registry without the user’s consent. If the developer followed best practices, the user would be asked to provide consent before the app was set as default. For example, a browser might check to see if it is the default program for opening HTML files. In previous versions of Windows, when new applications are installed or run for the first time, it often checks to see if the new app is the default app for a given file type. Windows 10 helps to prevent file associations being hijacked. ![]() In this Ask the Admin, I’ll explain the changes to how default app file associations are managed in Windows 10.
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