Hi
The Windows Group Policy setting Do not show the 'new application installed' notification needs to be enabled, to prevent (occasional) popups of the "How do you want to open this file?"/"Keep using this app" dialog:
This policy setting resides in Computer Configuration | Policies | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | File Explorer:
Then you can configure FTA in DEM to open '.docx' extension file type with MS word always:
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