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Windows 10 Forced Update Resets Default Apps To Microsoft Products (theinquirer.net)

Posted by BeauHD on from the there's-always-vanilla dept.

Freshly Exhumed writes: Microsoft has told The Inquirer that it is aware of a bug which has been causing users' default programs to switch to the bundled Microsoft options. After deleting the update, a user discovered the next day that Windows had reinstalled it and reset the default settings again. InfoWorld gives some real world scenarios: "If you have Chrome as the default browser on your Windows 10 computer, you'd better check to make sure Microsoft didn't hijack it last week and set Edge as your new default. The same goes for any PDF viewer: A forced cumulative update also reset PDF viewing to Edge on many PCs. Do you use IrfanView, ACDSee, Photoshop Express, or Photoshop Elements? The default photo app may have been reset to -- you guessed it -- the Windows Photos app. Music? Video? Microsoft may have swooped down and changed you over to Microsoft Party apps, all in the course of last week's forced cumulative update KB3135173."

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  1. Ooops, I did it again by qbast · · Score: 5, Funny

    So sorry, it won't happen again until next update.

    1. Re:Ooops, I did it again by squiggleslash · · Score: 2, Funny

      In my case the update didn't just change my default browser to Edge, but it replaced services.exe with systemd.

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  2. Re:Microsoft's main product: ABUSE! by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    As an IT support contractor, Microsoft is a JOB SECURITY company that pays my salary. Every month the same Windows issues popped up on different computers that need remediation. I'm 20 years into my IT career with Windows. Woo-hoo!

  3. Re:Is it time for a class action? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    so you're thick enough to blindly "upgrade" to win10 without bothering to do due diligence. Hahahahahaha, twat. No one cares what you think, you're lazy and created your own problems. Hahahahahahaha. Waaaa whaaaa. likle bwaby upset, diddums.

  4. Good for Microsoft! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft is simply apping apps that app other apps, which is what modern app appers know is the right thing to do!

    Apps!

  5. Re:Yeah, a "bug", sure... by Anonymous+Brave+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    OK, but what comes next? It looks like we need a few more...

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  6. Re:Accidentally by penguinoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    It seems that accidentally is another English word that is reversing its meaning.

    Kids these days are literally slaughtering the English language.

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