How to turn off the file type discovery function in Win10 How to turn off the file type discovery function in Win10

Hello everyone! Today PHP editor Xigua will teach you how to turn off the file type discovery function of Win10. This feature is very annoying. It automatically associates files with various applications, causing a bunch of options to always pop up when we want to open a file. Below, PHP editor Xigua will explain in detail how to turn off this function. Just follow it, it’s very simple!

How to turn off the file type discovery function in Win10

1. First, press the "Win+R" keys to open the run window, and enter the "regedit" command to open the registry editor.

2. Then, in the opened interface, click to expand to the following path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesLocal SettingsSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShellBagsAllFoldersShell.

3. Then, right-click "Shell" and select "New - String Value".

4. Name the new string value "FolderType" and set the numeric data value to "NotSpecified".

5. Finally, press the "Ctrl+Alt+Delete" keys to open the "Task Manager", find and right-click "Windows Explorer", and select "Restart".

Note: If you want to restore Windows default settings, simply delete the FolderType string value.

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