Remove FB's file format associations...

[topbanana]

'Lately', FileBot has started associating itself with each of the common media file formats... Like .mp4, .mkv, etc. etc...
This isn't something that i'd expect it to do... as it can't play them.
So how can we disable this feature?
And how can we remove the associations that it's made?

I just want my media files to remain associated with MPC-HC... A task that microslop has already made bloomin' difficult with the recent changes to it Settings!

[rednoah]

AFAIK, if you're using the MSI installer package, then no file associations will be installed.

If you're using the Windows Store edition, then the the application manifest includes typical video file extensions as supported file extensions. Notably, no file associations are forced on install, they're merely listed as supported and Windows itself decides everything from there. If Windows chooses FileBot then that would be unexpected. Might suggest that there's no other file association for some reason. In any case, unfortunately, you cannot modify the application manifest.

If a default file association is not to your liking, then you can use Right-Click ➔ Open with... to select your preferred application. There's a checkbox to remember your decision and set a new file association. Does that not work for you?

[topbanana]

Yes, sadly, annoyingly, i'm stuck with the windows store version... You gave me a temporary licence to try the beta version last year, but it expired a few days ago! :'(

I can easily set the formats to MPC-HC manually... But i'm just bemused as to why FileBot even has file associations in the first place!??!?

I wish i could just use the MSI... But the horrific Microslop store was the only option to buy fb back when i bought it i think, back in 2017.

[rednoah]

i'm just bemused as to why FileBot even has file associations in the first place!??!?

Right-Click ➔ Open with FileBot is very convenient when you want to quickly rename a few files.


It indeed does not make sense for double-click to open FileBot, but I can't control that. If an application wants to appear in the Open with ... list for a given file type, then that capability has to be specified in the app manifest, and I guess Windows may decide - in absence of another more suitable application - to use FileBot as the default Open with ... application. FileBot does not want to be default, but FileBot definitely does want to be in the list.


For reference, the current AppxManifest.xml looks like this:

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<uap3:FileTypeAssociation Name="media.association">
	<uap:DisplayName>Media Files</uap:DisplayName>
	<uap:Logo>Assets\Square44x44Logo.png</uap:Logo>
	<uap:SupportedFileTypes>
		<uap:FileType>.avi</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.mkv</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.mk3d</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.ogg</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.ogv</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.mp4</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.m4v</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.mov</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.divx</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.mpg</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.mpeg</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.rec</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.wmv</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.rmvb</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.rmp4</uap:FileType>
		<uap:FileType>.tivo</uap:FileType>
	</uap:SupportedFileTypes>
	<uap2:SupportedVerbs>
		<uap3:Verb MultiSelectModel="Player" Id="FileBotRename" Extended="true" Parameters="--mode Rename &quot;%1&quot;">Rename with FileBot</uap3:Verb>
		<uap3:Verb MultiSelectModel="Player" Id="FileBotChecksum" Extended="true" Parameters="--mode SFV &quot;%1&quot;">Calculate Hash with FileBot</uap3:Verb>
	</uap2:SupportedVerbs>
</uap3:FileTypeAssociation>

** Note that supported file types in the manifest has not changed since 2018 so the manifest itself cannot explain recent changes in behaviour.

[topbanana]

i'm just bemused as to why FileBot even has file associations in the first place!??!?

Right-Click ➔ Open with FileBot is very convenient when you want to quickly rename a few files.

Ah, ok. I see now.