New Windows 10 Build 10122 aims to fix file association hijacking

The Register ^ | May 21, 2015 | Tim Anderson

[dayglored]

Time to refresh those VMs again....

[dayglored]

Windows 10 Build 10122 ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[tacticalogic]

Some people are reporting issues with this getting stalled during setup.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/ems/archive/2015/05/21/installer-stuck-at-18-when-upgrading-from-windows-10-10074-to-10112.aspx

[Yo-Yo]

This is the one thing that really irks me about QuickTime. Every time it gets updated it hijacks all of the video extensions in my browser, and even setting defaults doesn’t override it. You have to go deep into the explorer’s tools to find the right radio button to click.

[dayglored]

Ruh-roh.

Sounds like they did an in-place upgrade? Brave souls.

I haven't got home to read up and play with it yet... is there a full-install ISO?

[apocalypto]

later

[tacticalogic]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso

[minnesota_bound]

Will Microsoft be ready for the release in late July?

[aimhigh]

I read on another site that Windows 10 won’t install on a PC where the User directory is located on a separate drive. This caught my eye, because the geek that build my PC set my user directory on another drive. Not sure how to put it back on C:.

[dennisw]

I never install that pos known as Quicktime. Matter of fact these days I only come across two videos a year that need it installed. Piss on that crappy Apple joke of a product

[tacticalogic]

Will Microsoft be ready for the release in late July?

Beats me. I'm just watching it come down the pipeline like everybody else.

[Sherman Logan]

FWIW, cornbread made from undegerminated corn meal from the health food store is much better than from a mix.

Though you have to make sure the corn meal is fresh, it goes rancid pretty quickly.

Which is of course why they usually degerminate it.

[dayglored]

> FWIW, cornbread made from undegerminated corn meal from the health food store is much better than from a mix. Though you have to make sure the corn meal is fresh, it goes rancid pretty quickly. Which is of course why they usually degerminate it.

I'm not entirely clear on how this relates to the new Windows 10 build release, but it sounds like good advice. Thanks!

[dayglored]

> I never install that pos known as Quicktime. Matter of fact these days I only come across two videos a year that need it installed. Piss on that crappy Apple joke of a product

For only a few videos per year, it seems sensible to get a format converter and when a QT video shows up, convert it and not worry any further. There are converters for pretty much everything out there.

[dayglored]

> I read on another site that Windows 10 won’t install on a PC where the User directory is located on a separate drive. This caught my eye, because the geek that build my PC set my user directory on another drive. Not sure how to put it back on C:.

That would be pretty crippling to a lot of businesses who routinely move user directories around. Let's hope that's not a fixed characteristic.

[dayglored]

> This is the one thing that really irks me about QuickTime. Every time it gets updated it hijacks all of the video extensions in my browser,///

Huh, I've never had it do that, but they do come up by default in the installer as owned by QT, and you have to uncheck them. Interesting...

[Sherman Logan]

Sorry, wrong thread. Not quite sure how that happened.

[dayglored]

No problem, and my head needed scratching anyhow. Have a great evening!

[trebb]

I guess using the right-click “open with” option is too hard.

[rarestia]

VLC is your friend. Never, ever install proprietary video players. I even uninstalled Windows Media Player and Media Center. VLC is free and plays every possible video and audio file out there today.