Replacing Windows 10 Open With Dialog?

[kosamja]

Just wanted to check is it possible to replace Windows 10 Open With Dialog completely with Open With Enhanced and to be able to set program as default with it? 

Edited July 7, 2016 by kosamja

[xpclient]

In Windows 8 and Windows 10, Microsoft removed programmatic file associations so Open With Enhanced will work but it can't change the default if there are multiple programs installed to handle a particular file type. It can work to associate a program with a file type if there is only 1 app for 1 file type. To change default after that to another program, you must use Default Programs Control Panel, Settings app or the built-in Open With dialog.

Edited July 7, 2016 by xpclient

[kosamja]

So there is really no way?

Edited July 7, 2016 by kosamja

[xpclient]

Except for the Windows Open With dialog which is permitted and the Default Programs Control Panel/Settings app which is also permitted, no other app is allowed to change the default file associations to another program so this ability remains crippled. Microsoft claims this restriction is to put the user in control but it only makes things more annoying by forcing him to use the slow and awful Default Programs user interface. And if some program doesn't register with Default Programs, registry edits have to be done by the user to add that program to the Default Programs Control Panel.