How to make windows force change some "stubborn" file associations?


MilkyWindow

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Hello.
Theres a thing I am struggling with preventing win11 thinking that my set file associations arent set yet they should.

I am using this script customized for my needs ofcourse - it associates file extensions with given path to program and all is quick and sound.


While it works for like 90% of file associations and opens them by indicated program just fine win11 still dont want to associate some completely and prompts "open with" window.
Even for in software options "associate filetypes" win11 still prompts "open with" window like it didnt work at all.
Only solution os ofcourse manually navigating through "open with" and selecting file extension and it works, however id like to avoid this and automate completely.
I use this script for my after format stuff to speed up process. Primarily for reason to not manually indicate like 250 file associations through "Open With" window.

Script works almost completely but win11 refuses to associate some extensions and simply defaults them to "open with" window.
example extensions:
.gif .jpeg .jpg (rest associates ok) - for image viewer
.7z .rar (but .zip associates just fine) - for 7zip
.c .cpp .h (same as above) - for notepad++


What could be solution for this? I dont want to manually click click thousand times on "open with" window. Is there a way to make w11 stop thinking like that?
Preferably regular scripts reg files ps1 tricks or anything (I dont want to download software just for this simple task)
 

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    Updates are disease.
That looks like the only way to get back my settings that I used for years in Win10. ATM I have to copy from email messages in Thunderbird and then paste into Firefox for every link that starts with https. I have security pdfs daily from my web host that lists all attempts to send spam emails to particular mail addresses. Each one has a link to delete and add to a spam filter which has to be dealt with as above. This is ok if just a few to deal with but sometimes there are 20-30 or more, thats not fun. Ive only been on Win11 for about 10 days now but hate what has been done to my settings of years. The program mentioned is something that I cant really understand how to use, being of quite advanced years. Thanks MS*t.
 
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