Sure, some of the downloads are not important enough to save to a permanent location, but most of my downloads are. You may still specify folders manually each time when you download. The default folder is just that, the default location that is displayed. Thank you, I was worried that Microsoft was going to do another unilateral change.
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Windows 10 offers a dedicated setting to setup default apps to open different files. You will see a list of default apps assigned to open email, music, photos and web browser. Click on any of the app to change the default settings. For example, we use Outlook as a default email client, however Windows 10 recommends using the Mail app.
Let us change the default Email client from Outlook to Mail app. Click on Outlook and a popup will show all available email apps on your computer.
Select Mail app from the list and the default Email app will change immediately. However, when you change the web browser to Chrome or Firefox, Windows will push you to confirm the switch.
Related: How to find installation path of applications in Windows an Mac? Windows 10 recommends apps like Mail for opening emails. This will help you to reset back the recommended apps as your default apps.
You will see a huge list of file extensions and the application you can use to open each file type. For example, the default app to open. However, you can click on it and change to Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is a useful option to check and assign apps or install required apps to open a file type. So that each time you do not need to select or search the app. Windows use many protocols to open specific files.
It uses MailTo protocol for opening email messages. You can assign a new app when there are no default apps setup or change the existing app by clicking on it and choosing a new one. Windows 10 also allows you to set defaults for any installed apps on your computer. This feature is useful when you have multiple apps installed on your PC which can open same file types.
The problem with Windows operating system is that you can the same settings in different ways. Related: How to disable image preview in Windows and Mac? It is difficult to setup the default programs in advance when you do not have a specific file on your PC.
For example, someone can send you a YAML file in email and Windows 10 will not have any default apps associated to open.
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