{"id":217422,"date":"2023-03-20T10:35:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T14:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=277865"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:46:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:46:48","slug":"management-default-applications-windows-11-microsoft-promises-to-fix-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/management-default-applications-windows-11-microsoft-promises-to-fix-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 Users Rejoice: Microsoft promises to address difficulties with default app management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you already using <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/windows-11-in-2023-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Windows 11<\/a><\/strong>? Since its release in 2021, Microsoft&#8217;s latest operating system has had a somewhat lukewarm reception from users, to the point that its adoption has been quite slow. Among the criticisms most frequently made by Windows users, two stand out above all others: problems running video games and poor management of default applications.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Windows 11\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3a83edc2-8bcb-4baa-8fbe-3ddcf458c1a4\/1709716978\/windows-11-win11icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Windows 11<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the first problem has not yet been officially fixed by Microsoft, which has completely stopped the upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 on the most vulnerable computers, the second one <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2023\/03\/17\/a-principled-approach-to-app-pinning-and-app-defaults-in-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">will be fixed soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And is that if, for example, you use <strong>Google Chrome<\/strong> normally, but when you open a link runs <strong>Microsoft Edge<\/strong>, the only way to change the default program is through Windows Settings, changing the default application by file type and link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A slow and arduous process that Microsoft wants to solve, as <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2023\/03\/17\/a-principled-approach-to-app-pinning-and-app-defaults-in-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">stated<\/a> in a blog post, where it announced the launch of a future feature that <strong>would grant Windows 11 users control over changes to their application defaults<\/strong>. &#8220;Today we reaffirm our long-standing focus on putting people in control of their Windows PC experience and enabling developers to take advantage of our open platform,&#8221; the company states.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Windows 11\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3a83edc2-8bcb-4baa-8fbe-3ddcf458c1a4\/1709716978\/windows-11-win11icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Windows 11<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft plans to launch a new Settings deep-linking <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uniform_Resource_Identifier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">URI<\/a><\/strong> (uniform resource identifier) later this year so that &#8220;applications will take their users directly to the appropriate location in Settings for the user to change their defaults.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/Windows-11-elementos-anclados-barra-de-tareas-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-277880\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this change, users will also have <strong>greater control over applications<\/strong> pinned to the desktop, Start menu and taskbar, thanks to a new public API that will display a permission request to programs before they appear in those interface elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All these changes will be released in the coming months in a preliminary update of Windows 11 for people who are enrolled in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insider.windows.com\/en-us\/for-developers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Windows Insider<\/a><\/strong> program. At the moment, it is not known when the public version of this update will be released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has announced the release of a future feature that will allow Windows 11 users to better manage default apps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":217423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-217422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321578,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217422\/revisions\/321578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217422"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=217422"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=217422"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=217422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}