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This is a dup thread for one that was started in 2020. Same stuff is still happening. I'm about 5 minutes from uninstalling Edge. If my PC reboots, Edge takes over PDFs. So annoying
Opening and reading PDF files in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
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Hi, All,
After some research I found this explenation:
Microsoft has a driver (UCPD.sys & a related scheduled task) to keep selected file association to Edge.
more info in this article:
UserChoice Protection Driver – UCPD.sys – the kolbicz blog
So yes MS is doing it intetionally :(