{"id":1275,"date":"2017-02-22T16:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2017-02-22T16:30:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:30:23","slug":"gpo-for-default-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/2017\/02\/22\/gpo-for-default-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"GPO for Default Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[You can do a GPO to force default applications for computers in a given AD container.
\nThe GPO is in Computer Configuration->Policies->Administrative Templates->Windows Components->File Explorer.
\nTurn on "Set a default associations configuration file" and point it to the xml file containing your default setting.
\nTo create the XML file the easiest way is to simply set your defaults on a system and then export them.\u00a0 Use the exported file (delete what you don't want to force) to set the new GPO defaults.\u00a0 Open an elevated command prompt and run<\/p>\n

dism \/online \/Export-DefaultAppAssociations:\"c:\\DefaultAppAssociations.xml<\/b><\/span>\"<\/pre>\n
This will make the file you will then point to in your GPO.\u00a0 Make sure to put it in a location your users can access.
\nExamples for Chrome and Firefox.
\nForcing Google Chrome<\/strong>
\n<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
\n<DefaultAssociations>
\n<Association Identifier=”.3gp2″ ProgId=”WMP11.AssocFile.3G2″ ApplicationName=”Windows Media Player” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.htm” ProgId=”ChromeHTML” ApplicationName=”Google Chrome” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.html” ProgId=”ChromeHTML” ApplicationName=”Google Chrome” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.MP2″ ProgId=”WMP11.AssocFile.MP3″ ApplicationName=”Windows Media Player” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.mpeg” ProgId=”WMP11.AssocFile.mpeg” ApplicationName=”Windows Media Player” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.oxps” ProgId=”Windows.XPSReachViewer” ApplicationName=”XPS Viewer” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.tif” ProgId=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff” ApplicationName=”Windows Photo Viewer” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.tiff” ProgId=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff” ApplicationName=”Windows Photo Viewer” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.txt” ProgId=”txtfile” ApplicationName=”Notepad” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.url” ProgId=”IE.AssocFile.URL” ApplicationName=”Internet Browser” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.website” ProgId=”IE.AssocFile.WEBSITE” ApplicationName=”Internet Explorer” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.xps” ProgId=”Windows.XPSReachViewer” ApplicationName=”XPS Viewer” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.htm” ProgId=”ChromeHTML” ApplicationName=”Google Chrome” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.html” ProgId=”ChromeHTML” ApplicationName=”Google Chrome” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”http” ProgId=”ChromeHTML” ApplicationName=”Google Chrome” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”https” ProgId=”ChromeHTML” ApplicationName=”Google Chrome” \/>
\n<\/DefaultAssociations>
\nForcing Mozilla Firefox<\/strong>
\n<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
\n<DefaultAssociations>
\n<Association Identifier=”.3gp2″ ProgId=”WMP11.AssocFile.3G2″ ApplicationName=”Windows Media Player” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.MP2″ ProgId=”WMP11.AssocFile.MP3″ ApplicationName=”Windows Media Player” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.mpeg” ProgId=”WMP11.AssocFile.mpeg” ApplicationName=”Windows Media Player” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.oxps” ProgId=”Windows.XPSReachViewer” ApplicationName=”XPS Viewer” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.tif” ProgId=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff” ApplicationName=”Windows Photo Viewer” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.tiff” ProgId=”PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff” ApplicationName=”Windows Photo Viewer” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.txt” ProgId=”txtfile” ApplicationName=”Notepad” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.url” ProgId=”IE.AssocFile.URL” ApplicationName=”Internet Browser” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.website” ProgId=”IE.AssocFile.WEBSITE” ApplicationName=”Internet Explorer” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.xps” ProgId=”Windows.XPSReachViewer” ApplicationName=”XPS Viewer” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.htm” ProgId=”FirefoxURL” ApplicationName=”Firefox” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.html” ProgId=”FirefoxURL” ApplicationName=”Firefox” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.htm” ProgId=”FirefoxURL” ApplicationName=”Firefox” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”.html” ProgId=”FirefoxURL” ApplicationName=”Firefox” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”http” ProgId=”FirefoxURL” ApplicationName=”Firefox” \/>
\n<Association Identifier=”https” ProgId=”FirefoxURL” ApplicationName=”Firefox” \/>
\n<\/DefaultAssociations>]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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