It's not so much what I want Kenny, it's what I don't want:  Windows 10's new (but crappy) default programs! 

I've had to reset the pdf file association a few times, too.
 
Windows has become rather intrusive and arrogant, IMO. It really wants me to use Edge. It really wants me to use the immortal Cortana. I finally gave in and let Edge be my pdf reader. Resistance is futile.

craigb
It's not so much what I want Kenny, it's what I don't want:  Windows 10's new (but crappy) default programs! 

This ^^^

If Dave has "given up" fighting Win 10, I just can't wait to upgrade!
😝

 
 
in any case , + 1 on the This ^^^.
 
I'm not a fan of Win 10 to be honest ...it works well for music .That I will give it . My RUB is  Win 10  is way too pushy and aggressive for me to like it as an OS ...
It's just like having somebody's mother in law moving in on me full time while bossing me around from High Noon until Midnight .... nagging me to death telling me what I can and can not do on my own computer ..
 
I'm not the fastest gun in the West over here . When I want to open up a PDF I just right click it and choose the program I want to open it
 
all the best,
 
Kenny
 

I'm slowly getting to agreeable terms with my new Win10 Pro DAW.  I have all of the cute apps disabled - took forever to make Groove go away for good.
 
I have had 2 cases though where I sat down to do something quick, but Windows had my entire network consumed doing downloads.  This is with Defer selected.  It's worse with my Win10 Home laptop. 
 
The initial setup on both totally crippled my 3.5Mb downlink for nearly 2 days each getting caught up.
 
This is my last major gripe about 10 - it's otherwise a better performer than 8.1, which was better than the XP box I had before that.
 
If M$ doesn't relax on this download what/when/where it wants approach, I'll end up having to disable the NIC during times I don't want to be interrupted.

 
I did find this Craig, it looks a little technical for me but you know your way round a PC 
 

1. Tap on the Windows-key, type regedit.exe and hit the Enter-key. This opens the Windows Registry Editor. If you can, open a second Registry window for easier handling of the following operations.
2. Navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Repository\Packages
3. Locate the application you want to block from being the default, and open App\Capabilities\FileAssociations there. This displays the list of file associations of that particular application.
4. Take note of the value in Data, it looks like a long random string: AppXsq3757nydv3f9bx6862hv0t4z7ennqqd
5. Please note that this string may be different for any of the file types or protocols listed there.
6. Switch to the second Registry Editor window, and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\ThatRandomString, e.g. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppXsq3757nydv3f9bx6862hv0t4z7ennqqd
7. Right-click on it, and select New > String Value.
8. Name it NoOpenWith, and keep its value empty.

 
 
THIS look similar.

Yeah, I went into the registry and removed several of the programs (Photo Viewer and Groove Music for example), but Edge had to be handled differently.  I changed ownership on the system files for Edge, then changed the security on those files, then changed them to read-only and finally renamed the two executables as *.old.  *Phew!*  WAY too much work, but it's done!
 
(Don't get me started on when Windows 10 updates during the middle of the night without warning while I've got some heavy processing going on and I wake up to a lot of corruption to deal with!!!  )

With Metered Connection in wifi there IS no windows update (including Edge) unless I say there is. And I've had no issues with anything lately... not like I did before metering.
 
No need to disable Edge. I simply don't use it and have "undefaulted" it from everything as stated above. As much as I hate IE, it's the only browser that works most everything the way I like so I use it.
 
Defender has been doing a pretty good job so far, so I won't be renewing Norton either.