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Default apps in WVD
MicrosoftHi stevenzelenko, am I correct that you want files on the remote server to open with the right app as defined on that remote server?
Or are you trying to associate local files to open in a remote app?
David
Essentially correct. We want the server apps to be associated with the files in user's FSLogix profile. So if a user has a pdf file in OneDrive or in their documents folder, it should associate with Reader.
So far we have tried an associations xml file via GPO as well as some registry settings. We'd like chrome for browser, outlook for mail, word for doc and docx, etc. Every session all apps return to Windows 10 default. So for instance, if we click a URL it will open in edge, a mailto: within outlook will prompt which app to open with and will always default to the windows mail client. Even if the user selects outlook and check to remember this app, if they log off and back in, that gets reset. We are forcing users to one drive and opening files like PDFs and .docs seem to work ok but PDF will always prompt the user to choose a default application for PDFs. It's like it doesn't honor the GPO or registry and will always default to using Windows 10 default apps.
We are using remote apps only and the profiles are handled with FSLogix containers.
stevenzelenko Did you find a solution to this? We have the exact same problem. The XML file through GPO works fine for full desktops, but looks like its ignored with RemoteApps.
- Has a solution been found for the inability to set default apps using the "Set Default File Associations" XML with GPO in a WVD setup utilizing only RemoteApps?
