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Re: Fresh reinstall and file associations

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On 2025-02-07 03:11, VanguardLH wrote:
> "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 25/02/06 05:26 PM, John C. wrote:
>>> On 25/02/06 06:46 AM, John C. wrote:
>>>> Well, I did it. I reinstalled Windows 10 Pro. And although I told the
>>>> setup not to save my files and settings, it wound up saving a lot of my
>>>> files which weren't in the documents or pictures folders.
>>>>
>>>> Now I'm trying to reinstall the applications that I had before. This
>>>> works pretty well except for one HUGE problem. Whenever a program
>>>> attempts to set up file associations, it's prevented from doing so by
>>>> Windows. Instead, I have to tediously go into Settings/Apps/Default
>>>> apps/Choose default apps by file types and tediously find the extension
>>>> in that massive list so that I can change the file association for it,
>>>> ...one ...file ...type ...at ...a ...time.
>>>>
>>>> Alternatively, I can wait until I need to open a particular file type
>>>> (let's use either a .zip or an .mp3 as an example), right click on the
>>>> file, select "Open with>" and set the default application from there.
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody know of a way make Windows allow programs to set file
>>>> associations like in Windows 7?
>>>>
>>>> Also, why in the world would Microsoft make it so difficult to do like this?
>>>>
>>>> TIA.
>>> To all of you who have replied, thanks very much for doing so.
>>>
>>> So at this point, ...every ...single ...program ...reinstall so far has
>>> been way too problematic.
>>
>> Eg. Tried to install Nero 7 Essentials. No problem in W7, but in W10 the
>> installation fails with several javascript errors. And this is
>> attempting to set it up from an OEM DVD.
>>
>>> I am now giving serious consideration to simply wiping the drive, and
>>> then installing Windows 7 on it. Then I will install all my drivers and
>>> programs, do all the tweaking and adjusting and I will know that it will
>>> all work.
>>>
>>> Then I will downgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10.
>>>
> 
> Nero Essentials is a basic version of Nero's regular programs.  They
> already have limitations, and are often bundled with hardware, like
> optical burner drives.
> 
> Instead of trying to install an old version, maybe you need to move to
> version 11 of Nero Essentials -- which is already 13 years old, so
> obviously released far before Windows 10 (c.2016).
> 
> https://windows.apkpure.com/nero-essentials
> 
> I couldn't find a newer version of Nero Essentials.  Likely you got it
> bundled with some hardware, and that was crippleware to start with.  I
> could not find Essentials listed at nero.com, so you probably have to
> get it from some 3rd-party download site.
> 
> Or replace Nero Essentials with new optical burning software some of
> which is free.  There is (not an exhaustive list):
> 
> - Nero Burning ROM, but I'm not sure if it is free, or a trial (which
>    expires).  Windows 7 SP-1, or later.
> - Ashampoo Burning Studio FREE.  Windows 10, 11.  Thought I used this on
>    Windows 7, but was probably an old version back then.
> - CDBurnerXP.  Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 8, 10.
> - AnyBurn.  Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 8, 8,1, 10, 11.
> - BurnAware Free.  Windows 7, 8, 10, 11.
> - ImgBurn (I used that for a while).  Windows 9x, ME, NT4, 2000, XP,
>    2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8, 10.
> 
> You do know you can burn discs using software already bundled in Windows
> 7, 10, and 11, right?
> 
> https://www.howtogeek.com/689705/how-to-burn-a-cd-or-dvd-on-windows-10/
> 
> With Windows 7, you used Windows Media Player, and maybe Windows
> Explorer.  Been too long to remember what I used on Windows 7.

Yes, to most or all of the above.  I still have Nero on my XP (32-Bit) 
build, because in the days when the original build was created as W2k, 
around the turn of the millennium or perhaps a year or two later, I was 
creating my own CDs of favourite tracks to use in the car, backing up 
DVDs by making copies of them to play, copying stuff off my digital 
recorder onto DVD, etc, etc.  Now relative to then, disk space is so 
cheap that I don't need to do any of that any more, I just back up stuff 
onto my NAS, which in turn also has a backup NAS which mirrors it.
This includes all my entertainment  -  DVDs, CDs, ACs, VHSs, vinyls, 
downloads from the the web, etc  -  OS backup images, etc.  Nowadays 
even car stereos can accept a USB stick, hence I haven't actually used 
Nero for, at a guess, around 15 years, and never felt the need to 
include it in my W7 build that was the foundation of all my builds since.

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Fresh reinstall and file associations "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-06 06:46 -0800
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  Re: Fresh reinstall and file associations Mr Xi Ji Ping <ping@china.cn> - 2025-02-07 03:00 +0000
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