Microsoft Edge keeps making itself the default PDF viewer instead of acrobat

This works for me but then reverts when Edge reopens.

I've got the GPO setting, Intune, and personal setting all set to Adobe, but Edge is insistent and overwriting my settings everytime.

Interesting. I've not seen that happen. I wonder what's different?

Mohammed Al Sabbagh posted an answer on May 2 which sounds promising. If you try it, please tell us whether it works for you.

Not sure if some of you have gone through the full thread. We found a fix to this a while back and I had put it in a post, but RubenVan den Broeck laid out the steps better than I had. Here is what he wrote:

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In reply to Manoj (Surface Projects)'s post on April 27, 2024This works.

1. Go to Add or Remove programs2. Look up Edge, click Modify, then Repair3. Then go to default app settings, change PDF to something else (Windows now lets you do that while Edge is reparing)4. Cancel the Edge repair process5. The default app for pdf is now changed.

Can't find a fix and this has interfered with extremely important documents (including medical intake and treatment forms). I know how I need to open my files, Windows has no business interfering

Lately, I have had this problem occur several times per hour. I keep switching the default app back to Acrobat, and Windows keeps switching it back to Edge. I have never seen Microsoft offer any solution other than to keep telling me how to change the default app EACH AND EVERY TIME Windows erroneously reverts to Edge. So frustrating. I'm about to uninstall Edge.

This works for me but then reverts when Edge reopens.

I've got the GPO setting, Intune, and personal setting all set to Adobe, but Edge is insistent and overwriting my settings everytime.