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• Make your favorite utility the default app in Win10

  Posted on January 13, 2020 at 01:00 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  BEST UTILITIES

  By Deanna McElveen

  We love the many freeware utilities we’ve installed over the years — but Microsoft sure doesn’t.

  Take our photo editors, for example. When we click on an image, Windows 10 opens its Photos app — a slow-opening beast with relatively few options. When I want to work on a photo, I want my favorite freeware app to open — automatically!

  In this week’s column, we’re going to fix the problem of unwanted default apps, using my photo viewer/editor as an example.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.2.0 (2020-01-13).

  Best Utilities AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Default apps, IrfanView

• Taking control of default apps in Win10

  Posted on July 22, 2019 at 01:00 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  CONQUERING WINDOWS 10

  By Lance Whitney

  As with most things Windows, there’s more than one way to control or customize something — your preferred default applications, for example.

  It’s also true that some Windows settings can be less than intuitive — or occasionally downright annoying. Here’s how to take full control over Win10’s default applications — or, when needed, select the best app for the task.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.27.0 (2019-07-22).

  Windows 10 AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Default apps, Using Win10, Windows 10

• Quick Tip: How to overcome a stuck Default apps list

  Posted on March 11, 2019 at 03:33 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Win10’s Default apps list associates certain file types with programs designed to open that particular kind of file. Usually it’s pretty easy — tell the Default apps list to use Firefox as your default browser and it’ll take over the tasks usually relegated to Edge.

  Sometimes the Default apps list gets stubborn. Try as you might, changing apps in the list doesn’t “take.”

  Editor in chief TB Capen found a quick, reliable way to knock Win10 upside the head.

  Details in this week’s AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.9.0, out this morning to AskWoody Plus Members.

  Windows News AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Default apps