xpclient Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Has anyone had their default programs or file associations reset on Bob 8.1 after installing updates? I had Media Player Classic and foobar 2000 installed but after some monthly updates it reset the default to Windows Media Player. We know that since Bob 8, Microsoft blocks apps from programmatically resetting as default however if the Registry key for the default app is corrupted, it resets back to the MS-recommended default. This is a fairly common known issue on MS Bob 10 but I was surprised to see it happen on Bob 8.1 too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibya Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 are you saying windows 10/8.1 as bob ? as they are resoarce hog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Dibya, you are probably too young to remember Bob. Cheers and Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTDirector Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 7 hours ago, xpclient said: Has anyone had their default programs or file associations reset on Bob 8.1 after installing updates? I had Media Player Classic and foobar 2000 installed but after some monthly updates it reset the default to Windows Media Player. We know that since Bob 8, Microsoft blocks apps from programmatically resetting as default however if the Registry key for the default app is corrupted, it resets back to the MS-recommended default. This is a fairly common known issue on MS Bob 10 but I was surprised to see it happen on Bob 8.1 too! The only update wich do this is the Windows 8.1 Update 1 wich change the default settings from MS store apps to desktop apps (like Xbox Music to Windows Media Player). There isn't any update wich have done that since the Update 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpclient Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 Hmm I don't know what then. I guess some app corrupted the Reg keys and so they got reset back to OS defaults. I have Update 1 and all later updates including November updates installed for a long time. @Dibya, yes I am referring to Windows 8.1/10 as Bob 8.1/Bob 10 Because I don't consider them serious OSes. They have a child-friendly kiddish UI which is getting more and more dumbed down by the day, losing this feature and that, and without any meaningful advancement that maintains continuity of the great past innovation in Windows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibya Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 8 hours ago, bphlpt said: Dibya, you are probably too young to remember Bob. Cheers and Regards during bob time i had not been born but i know that because i have its dics from my grandma , she gifted me. @Xpclient personally i consider those oses as dust bin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Bob<->PackardBell nonsense - going from room-to-room. If you figure it out, I'd be interested. Not ready to blow up my PC's right now. Just getting used to (but not actively using) Win7(-ish). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 On 3/27/2016 at 0:18 AM, xpclient said: Has anyone had their default programs or file associations reset on Bob 8.1 after installing updates? I had Media Player Classic and foobar 2000 installed but after some monthly updates it reset the default to Windows Media Player. We know that since Bob 8, Microsoft blocks apps from programmatically resetting as default however if the Registry key for the default app is corrupted, it resets back to the MS-recommended default. This is a fairly common known issue on MS Bob 10 but I was surprised to see it happen on Bob 8.1 too! I haven't seen any Windows 8.1 file association reset by updates as far back as I can remember, but then I have most video and audio associations pointed to WMP so I might not have noticed them returning things to it. I don't know what "foobar 2000" does; I don't use it. I'd say from my experience that they're not doing file association resets to Win 8.1 in general. Not at all like what happens with a Win 10 in-place upgrade where they even reinstall the Apps... -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 use dism to remove wmp from the OS might help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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