How to find and export all default apps? DISM Export-DefaultAppAssociations only returns partial information.

Question

When I use the command "Dism /Online /Export-DefaultAppAssociations:"F:\AppAssociations.xml" I only get an XML with only partial file types and their associations. I am running the command in a CMD shell using an admin account with admin access. I change the "F:" target to an existing folder where I have full rights. The resulting XML only lists maybe 2 dozen files types, none of which I'm interested in. Is there any way to dump all file associations to an XML or any way to find the file associations in the registry?

My main concern is a pair of third-party programs that opens specific file types... lets say that the file types are ABC and ABCD files. When I use the DISM command above, I do not see any references to the ABC or the ABCD files.

Answer 1

Hi,

Did you run that command line with administrator privilege?

I tried DISM export command on my side, all of the default app file associations almost 100 have been exported on existing account.

dism /online /Export-DefaultAppAssociations:"%UserProfile%\Desktop\MyDefaultAppAssociations.xml"

Do you want to export a special app file association as I noticed you said none of which you interested in?

Bests,

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