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