5 Ways To set and change default apps in windows 10

5 Ways To set and change default apps in windows 10 –  When installing Windows 10 for the first time, Windows 10 has set a default application program, for example the browser when Windows 10 was first installed then by default the browser program is set using Microsoft Edge. Another example is the Video and music player that is set up using Groove Music.

When you want to change the default music player application or Windows 10 browser to your favorite application that you just downloaded and installed, can it? Take it easy you can set the application you want, because Windows 10 has a feature to change it. In the following, we will give you How to set default apps in Windows 10 easily for anyone, including you.

Previously, please download and install the application that you will set as the default application on your Windows 10. in the following example we will change the mail application that was first set to use Windows default Mail I will change the default application to Microsoft Outlook.

5 Ways To set and change default apps in windows 10

1. Changing the Default Application Through Windows Explorer (Open With menu)

   In this example I use a photo and my default photo viewer application will change using the Windows Explorer method (Open With menu)

   • Please right-click on your photo you can also use other files such as PDF or others. click Open with then click choose another app
   • please click the software that will be the default. Then, check the Always use this app to open .jpg files checkbox. When done, then please click OK to open the file and make the software the default opening for the file format.
     

2. Changing the Default Application Through Settings (Default app Menu)

   • Please open the Settings menu on the Windows 10 Laptop, click the start button, or use the Windows + i shortcut
   • On the Settings page, click APPS menu
     
   • Select the Default app menu, then in this example I will change the default Email application to Microsoft outlook, click email then Choose an application Microsoft outlook as the default application
     

3. set default apps with choose default applications by file type menu windows 10

   • Steps remain in the Settings page menu, click APPS menu -> Default app menu then select – choose default applications by file type
     
   • This time we will change all types of PDFs, we will open it by default using the Chrome browser application. Click type .PDF on the left – then click the application that has become the default, choose an application Firefox to be the default.

4. set default apps with choose default applications by protocol – windows 10

   • Steps remain in the Settings page menu, click APPS menu -> Default app menu then select – choose default applications by protocol
     
   • In this In this example I will open all mailto URLs using the Google Chrome Browser application as default. Click Mailto on the left then click on the default app – Choose an application you want to make, open the Mailto url link
     

5. set default apps with choose default applications by app

   • Steps remain in the Settings page menu, click APPS menu -> Default app menu then select – set default by app
     
   • please select the application, then click the Manage button
     
   • Select file type and protocol associations. the following example type. docx, then click the default app, then select the application that will be the default
     

After you make this change, every file type that you change will no longer open automatically in the previous software. All files that use this file type will open automatically in the new default software.