Summary


This tutorial will guide you in changing the default application. Setting an application as a default will ensure that when interacting with specific applications or files will trigger your machine to launch that default application.


Steps


QUICK PDF DEFAULT APP CHANGE –

 

Right-click on any PDF

Select OPEN WITH 

And then select Choose another app

CHECK the box at the bottom that says Always use this app to open .pdf files

Then select Adobe this could be Reader or Acrobat DC





1. Navigate to the search bar in the bottom left corner of your desktop. Type in and open Default Apps.


 

2. You will be presented with a list of default application types. In the below example you will see “Mail” already chosen as our default. Navigate to the Email section and click the Mail icon. This is a generic mailing application that we would like to replace with Outlook.


 

3. Select Outlook from the provided list of apps.


 

4. Now that you have chosen Outlook as your new default application you may close the Default Apps window. Your selection will be saved.


*NOTE* Default Apps should be set to the applications listed below:


 

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*NOTE* Another way to change your computer application is by file type. Follow these steps to change apps by file type

 

Steps


1. Navigate to the search bar in the bottom left corner of your desktop. Type in and open Choose a default app for each type of file.

 

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2.  From here you will be presented with all your computer’s application and types of files. You will be able to locate the type of file you want and choose the desired application. For this example, we will use .pdf.

 

3. After finding the file type you will then proceed to click Choose a default or click on the application that is already set. For this example, .pdf has Google Chrome as the preset.

 

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4. Next, select the application you want the file type to be set as. For this example, we are going to set Adobe Acrobat DC as the new default for .pdf.


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5. Now that you have selected the file type. You are able to close the window and your changes will be saved.