Set an attribute as automatic default selection?

[mc12345678]

Is there a way to set a certain attribute to be the default selection automatically when a new product is added without having to manually select it for each product?

It's really not so bad when I upload a few products to hand check them but when I do a mass price update (via EZ Populate), all the Default attributes are turned off and I have to spend an entire day turning them all back on.

I'd like a default selection because some customers are failing to check anything and then wonder why there is nothing to download.

Lindee

That doesn't seem to make sense that the existing attribute selections get affected when using Easy Populate. Could you provide an example row of data (with headers) of such a file, and the filename being used to update the cart?