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

I found the solution for this issue you need to turn off this settings from MS Edge by going to Settings > Cookies and site permissions > scroll down to PDF documents click on it and make sure the Always download pdf files is turned ON it's turned OFF by default once you turn it on the app default will change to pdf and it will stay and not revert back to MS Edge as the default app.

This solution works temporarily. After the next Windows or MS Edge update, the .PDF settings default back to Edge. I know some people say that it is only after a major update, but I am seeing the hijack occur after any update. Right now I am manually going in and changing the filetype association from Edge to Acrobat every day. It is part of my daily routine now to correct microsoft's bugs.

When I open Acrobat, there IS no EDIT > PREFERENCES > GENERAL!!! (See attached)

And changing the default app as instructed in #2 hasn't worked! Microsoft just ignores my attempt to change PDF default to Adobe! IGNORES IT!!!

I dare not try resetting to Microsoft's recommended defaults becasue THAT'S EXACTLY THE EFFING PROBLEM HERE!! MICROSOFT DECIDED ALL BY ITSELF THAT THE DEFAULT FOR PDF DOCS SHOULD BE EDGE!!! (I would UNINSTALL Edge if the behemoth that is Microsoft would let me!)

I pay for the professional version of Acrobat so I can edit PDFs and I make money creating fillable PDF forms.

FIX THIS!!!

(PS: When this laptop dies, I'm DEFINITELY springing for an Apple machine. TOTALLY worth the $$$ not to have to deal with Microsoft! I spend an inordinate amount of time fixing things)

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