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Disable “you have new apps that can open this type of file” in Windows 8

javery June 2, 2014 Windows-8-Desktop

Only one application can be set to default file handler on Windows for a file extension. I recently installed the Adobe Suite, however, every time I open a .bmp file. I receive the following message, “You have new apps that can open this type of file.”

I usually right click on my file and select preview. But it seems there is another application on my system that I don’t want to use to open the file.

To stop this from happening, follow the instructions.

Turn off the notification using Group Policy OR Edit the Windows Registry

1. To start the Group Policy, do the following:

Ø Tap on Windows-R to start the run command

Ø Type “gpedit.msc” and hit enter.

Ø You may receive a UAC prompt, if you do select “yes”.

Ø Navigate to the following folder using the sidebar: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer.

Ø Locate the entry "Do not show the ‘new application installed’ notification and double-click. Set it to enabled to block the notification from showing up.

“ This policy removes the end-user notification for new application associations. These associations are based on file types (e.g. *.txt) or protocols (e.g. http:)

If this group policy is enabled, no notifications will be shown. If the group policy is not configured or disabled, notifications will be shown to the end user if a new application has been installed that can handle the file type or protocol association that was invoked.”

2. Edit the Windows Registry

Ø Tap on Windows-R to start the run command.

Ø Type “regedit” and hit enter.

Ø You may receive a UAC prompt, if you do select “yes”.

Ø Use the left side pane, navigate to the following key:
Computer\HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

Ø After clicking on “Explorer”, Click “Edit > New > Dword (32-bit)

Ø Name = NoNewAppAlert, hit Enter.

Ø Double-click the new entry afterwards and set “value data = 1”.

Ø To revert the change, either set the value to 0 or delete the newly created key.

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