Now that we have our sanitized file, we need to put this file on a network share that all the machines have access to.
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC to be the default app for PDF files.Simply remove the lines you do not want to enforce on the other machines. Open the XML file with your favorite text editor and we will find likely a great many more lines of associated files that you care to enforce to everyone. Note: change the folder path and file name to suit your needs. Run the command:ĭism /Online /Export-DefaultAppAssociations:c:\defaultassociations.xml Open an elevated PowerShell or Command prompt. Once you are happy with your changes, the time is ready to export these machine’s defaults. The app needs to be installed on the machine we are doing these initial steps fromįrom our initial machine make the changes to the Default apps the standard way mentioned above.The app needs to be installed on all machines you are making the change to.To use this method, it is important to note if we are going to make an app a default on many machines that: However, this step could be tedious if you had to do it 30 times or a hundred times across different locations. Perhaps Adobe Acrobat to be the default app for PDFs (instead of Edge). Perhaps Outlook to be the default Email app. Make the changes on the machine you are on for what you want the default apps to be. This would bring up Windows Settings where you would click on Apps, then Default apps in the left column.