GPO - Setting file associations
I have currently used the following in an attempt to change file associations (This is set as Computer Configuration>Policies>Admin Templates>Windows Components/File Explorer>Set a default associations configuration file[Enabled]
Default Associations Configuration File: \\domain\etc\etc.\AppAssoc.txt
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DefaultAssociations>
<Association Identifier=".csd" ProgId="Applications\cpscan.exe" ApplicationName="cpscan MFC Application" />
</DefaultAssociations>
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The issue we are seeing now are multiple machines without pattern are losing all icons and I believe association on their desktop and start menu. Any direction would be great thank you!
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Answers (2)
Now...what - exactly - are you trying to achieve?
>your default associations file should be an XML file, not a txt document.
AFAICR, you can give that file any extension you like, provided the file itself is in proper XML format.
Interesting thing I came across too was when setting my defaults, certain applications were still asking users if they should be default. Like Firefox, Chrome, etc. For those I used a Chrome local GPO to prevent checking default status and set some defaults like home page, and for Firefox I used local configuration files within the Mozilla directory to suppress checking default browser status, home page, and other settings. - rskwire 7 years ago