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

Anonymous
2023-04-22T23:24:06+00:00

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

Microsoft Edge | Read PDFs | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-22T00:27:47+00:00

    Thanks Manoj,

    I used a similar fix, I ended Edge and all associated processes in Task Manager, and was then able to set my default PDF back to Acrobat.

    This is still an issue as Edge can reclaim the default and you have to do the same process, it's also frustrating for me as an IT manager when all my employees devices have the same issue regardless of Policy or Intune settings!

    Hopefully Microsoft can fix Edge, I moved away from Chrome as it was a superior experience but Chrome is looking tempting again...

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-04T03:04:56+00:00

    Finally! This solution worked when nothing else did, fingers crossed it stays how I've set it now

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-02T04:47:36+00:00

    The Reset does not work either.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-01T14:12:06+00:00

    THANK YOU!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-29T08:14:32+00:00

    Thank you!!! This has worked for me.

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