Posted on 05/21/2015 2:59:47 PM PDT by dayglored
Smoother and more stable, but Start menu and tablet issues remain
Microsoft has released a new build of Windows 10, named 10122, which includes an effort to fix file association hijacking, where a newly installed application becomes the default for opening documents with a particular extension, such as PDF, docx, jpg or MP3.
In Windows 10, neither desktop nor Universal (UAP) apps will be able to show a dialog prompting the user to change default file associations. Instead, users get a prompt when they next open a document of a type handled by a newly installed app.
The prompt defaults to keeping things as they are, whereas previously an application could place itself as the default when prompting the user.
File associations are a common cause of problems for less technical users. There is no perfect solution though, since users still need to know when to change them and when to leave them be.
An issue with Windows 8, for example, is that PDFs open by default in Microsoft’s PDF reader which runs full-screen. Adobe’s PDF reader is better, and the usual advice is to install it and let it grab the file association. Now the user will have to take a further step.
Incidentally, I tried installing Adobe Reader to test the new feature, but on my box it crashes on opening. This may be nothing to do with the API change, but it is possible, illustrating the difficulties facing Microsoft when tweaking how Windows works.
There are several improvements to the Edge browser, though this is still branded as Project Spartan in this build. These include In Private mode, pinning websites to the Start menu and history view.
(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ems/archive/2015/05/21/installer-stuck-at-18-when-upgrading-from-windows-10-10074-to-10112.aspx
This is the one thing that really irks me about QuickTime. Every time it gets updated it hijacks all of the video extensions in my browser, and even setting defaults doesn’t override it. You have to go deep into the explorer’s tools to find the right radio button to click.
Sounds like they did an in-place upgrade? Brave souls.
I haven't got home to read up and play with it yet... is there a full-install ISO?
later
Will Microsoft be ready for the release in late July?
I read on another site that Windows 10 won’t install on a PC where the User directory is located on a separate drive. This caught my eye, because the geek that build my PC set my user directory on another drive. Not sure how to put it back on C:.
I never install that pos known as Quicktime. Matter of fact these days I only come across two videos a year that need it installed. Piss on that crappy Apple joke of a product
Beats me. I'm just watching it come down the pipeline like everybody else.
FWIW, cornbread made from undegerminated corn meal from the health food store is much better than from a mix.
Though you have to make sure the corn meal is fresh, it goes rancid pretty quickly.
Which is of course why they usually degerminate it.
I'm not entirely clear on how this relates to the new Windows 10 build release, but it sounds like good advice. Thanks!
For only a few videos per year, it seems sensible to get a format converter and when a QT video shows up, convert it and not worry any further. There are converters for pretty much everything out there.
That would be pretty crippling to a lot of businesses who routinely move user directories around. Let's hope that's not a fixed characteristic.
Huh, I've never had it do that, but they do come up by default in the installer as owned by QT, and you have to uncheck them. Interesting...
Sorry, wrong thread. Not quite sure how that happened.
No problem, and my head needed scratching anyhow. Have a great evening!
I guess using the right-click “open with” option is too hard.
VLC is your friend. Never, ever install proprietary video players. I even uninstalled Windows Media Player and Media Center. VLC is free and plays every possible video and audio file out there today.
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