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Derek Read October 13, 2018 at 1:01 am
Reply to: XMetaL 12 – Windows 10 – Default Application Problem
October 13, 2018 at 1:01 amDiscussion of how Microsoft has changed the way file associations work in Windows 10:
I suspect your version of Office is using the new way, which seems to take precedence over the old way of doing file associations. So, with Windows 10 there are actually two ways to associate file types. If you set it the old way (as you were trying) that will work for old applications, but only if you don't have a new “app” installed. In that case you need to set it the new way since the new way is apparently checked first and only if there is no association there does it look for the old file association method.
The post above explains why. Seems to me that they could have come up with a better solution, but that's how it is.
