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Last modified by Eric Kemppainen on 2026/08/19 16:34
From version 10.1
edited by Eric Kemppainen
on 2022/12/22 13:10
Change comment: they're called apps now, for whatever reason
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edited by 62a391529b728c006a95cf04
on 2016/09/15 11:41
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8 8  Windows has many programs available that can handle your files. You can have several apps that can open a single type of file, like PDFs or text documents, and really only prefer one of them. There are ways to select your default program for different tasks.
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18 -= {{id name="Windows-10"/}}Windows 10 =
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21 21  
22 -In Windows 10, the default app options are located in the Settings app.
18 +In Windows 7, there's one place to change your default program settings.
23 23  
24 -1. In the Start Menu (Windows icon on the bottom left corner of screen), select **Settings**
25 -1. Select **Apps**
26 -1. Select** Default Apps** in the left sidebar
27 -
28 -There are a few options you can change on this page, the most likely being **Web Browser**. If you want to change something not listed on this page, select **Set defaults by app **at the bottom of the page.
29 -
30 -1. Find the program you want to use for defaults in the list and click it.
20 +1. In the Start Menu, select **Default Programs**. **
21 +**
22 +1. Select **Set your default programs** at the top of the page.
23 +1. Find the program you want to use for defaults in the list on the left and click it.
31 31  1. In the main section of the window, you'll have two options:
32 -11. Set this program as default, which will take any file types the program lists as things it can open and sets it so they open in that program
33 -11. Choose defaults for this program, which opens a list of all the different file types the program is capable of opening. You can then select any or all of the file types you want to use with this program and press Save.
34 -111. Select OK to finish.
35 -
36 -This is the same menu as in Windows 7, so see step 3 of the Windows 7 section below.
25 +11. **Set this program as default**, which will take any file types the program lists as things it can open and sets it so they open in that program
26 +11. **Choose defaults for this program**, which opens a list of all the different file types the program is capable of opening. You can then select any or all of the file types you want to use with this program and press **Save**.
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28 +1111. Select **OK** to finish.
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62 -= {{id name="Windows-7"/}}Windows 7 =
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64 64  ----
65 65  
66 -In Windows 7, there's one place to change your default program settings.
56 +In Windows 10, the default app options are located in the Settings app.
67 67  
68 -1. In the Start Menu, select Default Programs.
69 -1. Select Set your default programs at the top of the page.
70 -1. Find the program you want to use for defaults in the list on the left and click it.
71 -1. In the main section of the window, you'll have two options:
72 -11. Set this program as default, which will take any file types the program lists as things it can open and sets it so they open in that program
73 -11. Choose defaults for this program, which opens a list of all the different file types the program is capable of opening. You can then select any or all of the file types you want to use with this program and press Save.
74 -111. Select OK to finish.
58 +1. In the Start Menu, select **Settings**
59 +1. Select **System**
60 +1. Select** Default Apps** in the left sidebar
61 +
62 +There are a few options you can change on this page, the most likely being **Web Browser**. If you want to change something not listed on this page, select **Set defaults by app **at the bottom of the page. This is the same menu as in Windows 7, so see step 3 of the Windows 7 section above.
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100 100  **1-2.**
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104 104  **3.**
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108 108  **4.**
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