setup IE as default using GPO

you need to logon to windows 8.1 machine / 2012 R2 machine with admin user and run below command from elevated command prompt (navigate to C:\windows\system32)

dism /online /Export-DefaultAppAssociations:"C:\Apps\Appassoc.xml"

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Output Folder must be precreated
Also double quotes are mandatory for output

Then you will get the exported file

Mahesh.

Im using Windows 7, is this still the same command?

Hi,
we also had the problem when using multiple browser in our env (50.000+) clients.

With GPO settings we tried a lot, but finally still the popup of IE "Would you make IE default" came up.

We manged finally to fix this by adding several regkey to the logon scripts (or via gpo prefs - reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.HTTP”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\https\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.HTTPS”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\ftp\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.FTP”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.htm\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.AssocFile.HTM”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.html\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.AssocFile.HTM”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.mht\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.AssocFile.MHT”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.mhtml\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.AssocFile.MHT”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.partial\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.AssocFile.PARTIAL”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.svg\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.AssocFile.SVG”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.url\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.AssocFile.URL”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.website\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.AssocFile.WEBSITE”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.xht\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.AssocFile.XHT”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.xhtml\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.AssocFile.XHT”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet]
@=”IEXPLORE.EXE”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\MIMEAssociations\text/html\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.text/html”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\MIMEAssociations\message/rfc822\UserChoice]
“Progid”=”IE.message/rfc822″