Can't choose Sublime as default app for .html, .py

[bsqrwl]

I can’t choose it in settings, in context menu, nowhere. Many menu don’t have it. In windows 1809 all was OK. Idk, maybe in 1803 there is problem?

[Azeirah]

Yeah, I’m having the same issue in Windows 10. I’m not sure if it’s a Sublime Text issue specifically, since I also had trouble assigning 7-zip as the default association for .gz files on Windows, but still.

[kingkeith]

other people reported the same thing - and that its a Windows 10 problem, not an ST problem

Cannot make sublime 3 default editor windows 10 (Sept 2018)

I've actually found that this seems to be a Windows-problem, more than a Sublime problem. Or, rather, that later versions of Windows 10 have modified something, that makes Sublime (and other programs) not wanting to replace the default Windows ones. Previously, when I experienced this issue, I was on Windows 10 1803 (latest before the pulled October update) - for other reasons (although this was part of it), I reinstalled with an older Windows 10 version, the 1709, and this time it worked just…