Managing Programs & File Types in Windows 10 (Fall Creators Update)
Windows 10 (Fall Creators Update)
| Intermediate
- 5 videos | 23m 39s
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Explore how to manage your applications and files with Microsoft Windows 10. In this course, you will see where to go in the Windows 10 system to adjust the default behavior settings for your applications and devices. Then, find where to select your default applications. See how to close an unresponsive application from the Task Manager. Discover how to use Internet Explorer as your web app. Adjust the default settings for how your media play and how your devices interact with your system. Finally, you will learn how to select the default applications for each file type.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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Close an unresponsive application in windows 10
Change your default windows 10 apps
Use internet explorer as your web browser -
Change default settings for media and devices in windows 10
Associate file types with specific applications in windows 10
IN THIS COURSE
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4m 23sIf you've used a computer for any length of time, you will no doubt have found yourself in a situation in which your application has "crashed" or stopped working. If the unresponsive program is stopping you from using your computer, you can close it rather than restarting. To do this, you'll need to know how to use the Task Manager in Windows 10. FREE ACCESS
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6m 5sIn Windows 10, you can adjust which applications are used to open your files. For example, you can choose to use a particular browser when you are browsing the web or write your emails using a particular email client by default. You can change your default programs to personalize your use of Windows 10. FREE ACCESS
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3. Using Internet Explorer as your web browser in Windows 10 (Fall Creators Update)3m 41sWhile Microsoft Edge is the new internet browser available by default in Windows 10, Internet Explorer remains available. You will see how to find it and how to pin the application as a shortcut to your Start menu or taskbar and how to make it your default web browser. FREE ACCESS
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4. Changing default settings for media & devices in Windows 10 (Fall Creators Update)3m 51sWhen you connect an external device or multimedia to Windows 10--like an external hard drive, USB, or DVD--Windows 10 will prompt you to decide how you'd like those devices to interact with Windows 10. You can configure the default actions for removable drives or multimedia files so that certain files do not automatically play or so that the device's folder opens automatically once connected, for example. FREE ACCESS
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5. Associating file types with specific applications in Windows 10 (Fall Creators Update)5m 39sIn Windows 10, you can associate a specific file type with a specific application. You can change the application that's associated with a particular file type so that you don't always have to open multiple file types in the same default application. You can also choose your default applications by protocol and can set your defaults by application. FREE ACCESS
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