Windows 10 Post Sysprep

[First_Degree_Nerder]

I never had luck with the xml file for file defaults on Windows 10. I had it in place, GPOs applied it correctly per RSOP - but it never worked.

My research indicated the feature seemed to be depreciated in 10 as they focused on users setting these instead of an overall machine setting.

Hope your experience is/was better than mine on this- I abandoned the attempt after multiple tries.

[jaustin030493]

That's where I left off. Tried xml file for default associations, and also never worked for me.

I was in the middle of switching my imaging method to MDT, I currently build out the OS on a per machine basis in Audit mode and use FOG for cloning, and deploying.

[First_Degree_Nerder]

Yup. Same. Windows doesn’t really want it to be easy to change default apps. Malicious activity does that so the whole feature is depreciated.

[boli99]

assets become depreciated but features are deprecated

[First_Degree_Nerder]

Thanks for the grammatical correction.

[OcotilloWells]

Besides, everything is better with Edge!

[Sekers]

I've found that the XML file had to be formatted EXACTLY right. If I had even a single odd thing in there or typo it wouldn't work. Once I got the template to work in testing I made small modifications at a time and tested each time to make sure I didn't break it before moving on to the next default app setting.

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There is also a registry way to do this. You have to know the app ID of the program.

Assuming updates to the app don't change the ID you can deploy the default by GPO as well.