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Puppet33r
Aug 06, 2021Copper Contributor
Can't set default app for some common file types in Windows 11
I'm using Windows 11 22000.120 co_release. I can't set default apps for jpg png jpeg and webm. At least those are the ones that I wanted to change. There's probably a lot more. And yet for those ...
BaggyBottoms
Copper Contributor
I found a fix. It seems the "Photos" app is locked as default so you have to uninstall the "Photos" app to free up the default. To uninstall "Photos" you cannot just do it in Settings > App > Apps & Features because it won't let you there. Instead you have to open powershell as admin by clicking start then type "Windows PowerShell" right click and choose "Open as administrator", next type or copy paste "Get-AppxPackage *photos* | Remove-AppxPackage" now hit Enter. You should now be able to set the default program for .jpg to whatever you want under Apps > Default apps. It's completely ridiculous that they lock this down. Other option is upgrade to windows 10.
xcloudx01
Aug 28, 2022Copper Contributor
Thank you! I just tried your fix and it worked perfectly. Now Visum actually sees that I can set it to the default for PNG and JPG again