How to enable the new app selector on Windows 11

Microsoft has redesigned most of the inbox apps (Media Player, Notepad, Paint, Photos, Task Manager), services, and components in Windows 11 . This is not a case of the app selector, nor is it a case of opening with a dialog box that allows you to select another app to open the file. It's already present in the outdated design of Windows 8 metro, in fact, Microsoft has updated the look and feel of the Windows 11 design in build 22563, but it's hidden, here's how you can Enable it.

When you try to open a file that has a supported program installed, Windows displays options in the Open With dialog box and lets you choose to always use the selected app to open the file.

The "How do you want to open this file" dialog now looks like this in Windows 11.

The interface suggests continuing to use the current application and lists other options, it also allows to find another application on the PC and provides a checkbox at the bottom to always Use this application to open such files.

The dialog interface or UI has finally been updated. The new redesigned app selector now displays Default Apps, Recommended Apps, and Always and Only Once (options) words in the UI.

New App Selector

Features

• Redesigned, the fluent design looks modern
• Acrylic
• Supports dark mode

The feature is hidden by default, here is how you can enable it. You should be using Windows 11 build 22563 or later in the development channel and require the Vibranium Feature Configuration Tool.

Enable the new app picker on Windows 11

1. Download the Vive Tools from Github
2. Extract its contents to Folder
3. Open command prompt as administrator
4. Copy Vivetool folder path in command prompt
5. Runvivetool addconfig 36302090 2

Note: For some reason, this command does not work in Powershell, we previously opened it by selecting the "Open in Terminal" option in the right-click menu.

Restore the old app selector. Run this command in a command prompt window: vivetool delconfig 36302090 2

Use the new app selector in Windows 11 or use the dialog box to open

Complete the above steps After that, if you try to open the file with another program (maybe PDF or text or MP4 or MKV), you will have a chance to see the application selector.

All you need to do is right-click on the file, select

Open with and select "Choose another application".

App Picker crashed when we tried to open the image. This feature supports opening PDF, MP4, MKV and other files, and a pop-up dialog box lists available applications.

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