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Windows keeps resetting my default apps after every update
Every time Windows does a monthly update, it resets my default apps—browser, PDF reader, video player, all of them. I've set them back to what I want at least a dozen times by now, but the next updat...
Your default app choices are stored in the Windows Registry at locations like HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UserChoice. When a major Windows update is installed, it can sometimes reset these specific registry entries to Microsoft's recommended defaults as part of the update process.