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Dale GEORGEFF
Copper Contributor
Oct 04, 2017

Windows 10 1703 - Default App Association for Migrated Users (USMT)

Has anybody had issues deploying 1703 with USMT and deploying default file associations. What we are trying to achive, is to deploy IE as the default browser, this works for new users who login, however migrated user profiles still have edge as the default.

have tried the new method of use the (clip from xml):
<Association Identifier="https" ProgId="IE.HTTPS" ApplicationName="Internet Explorer" ApplyOnUpgrade="true" OverwriteIfProgIdIs="AppXz8ws88f5y0y5nyrw1b3pj7xtm779tj2t" />

but it looks to be an issue with USMT and default file associations.

Anyone experienced this issue before and got a fix for it? We are not keen on applying the GPO to force the file associations.

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  • moache's avatar
    moache
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 13, 2018

    Hi Dale.

     

    Did you resolve this issue. I am experiencing the same problem, wondering if maybe there is a way to exclude file associations from USMT capture

     

    thanks

     

    • Dale GEORGEFF's avatar
      Dale GEORGEFF
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 13, 2018

      Hi Mo,

      I ended up getting a response from MS.

       

      1. Log on one Windows 1703 client.
      2. Run regedit.exe, locate key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FileAssociations\UpgradeChoice (if the key does not exist, create one with the name.)
      3. Create a DWORD value named AppUpgradeVersion, set it to 2.
      4. Migrate a user to this client.

      I still had issues with associating PDFs with Adobe Reader, but MS came back and said that it was an adobe issue.

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