Today we are going to see how to set a program as default or by default in Windows 10. In this way, you will be able to fully customize your operating system by choosing the programs that you like to enjoy all the options that Windows has available to you.
By default, Windows configures us a series of programs to do different things. When browsing, Microsoft Edge is the default browser, to listen to Groove music, for videos the media player, etc.
But we can configure our own default programs and this is something very simple that we can see below. Luckily, Windows allows us to customize almost everything, even changing the size of folder icons to give you an idea.
How to choose a program as default in Windows 10
- For this, what we must do is go to “Start” by pressing the “Windows” key on your physical keyboard. You can also do this by clicking on the “Windows” icon at the bottom left of the screen.
- A new menu is displayed where we must click on the gear-shaped icon to access the “Configuration” window of the operating system.
- Now we are going to go to the “Applications” section and then we are going to go to “Default applications”.
- Here you can select the applications or programs that will be used as default for certain functions such as: email, maps, music player, photo viewer, video player and web browser.
- Click on those that are already by default and you will be able to see that a small list of the programs that are already installed on your computer and can fulfill said function opens.
Once you click on the program that you want to set as default it will simply be changed without any confirmation message or anything similar.
If you already have a default program and want to change it to a newer or better program, follow these steps.
How to set a default program in Windows 10
If you look at the same menu that opens when we want to set a new program by default, you can access the Windows store. From it you can find a wide variety of alternatives for you to try until you find one that meets your needs.
If you look at the bottom we have a section that says “Delete default applications by file type”. This means that we can configure a default application or program to open a specific file format.
For example: if we want to open an .mp4 file, we can configure it to do so with the Windows media player, while we can open a .mkv file with QuickTime for Windows, which is very easy to download and install. This obviously must be adapted to your needs in case it is necessary.
The options are many and you will be able to add the applications that you want so that they remain as default without any kind of problem. In most cases you shouldn’t need to configure which applications to use per file format.
However, we cannot deny that it is a good alternative to have this option so accessible for when it is necessary. We hope that this tutorial was helpful to you and that you are now very clear on how to set a program as default in Windows 10. It is quite simple and it should probably not take you too long to do it.
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