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
    2024-04-28T18:12:25+00:00

    Not working for me. Edge is repairing, but the default file app is refusing to change from Edge to what I would like.

    😥

    My MSEdge is a Windows app. Is that the reason?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-28T07:33:30+00:00

    😊🙏🏼

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-28T07:32:58+00:00

    😊🙏🏼

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-28T07:10:13+00:00

    Not sure if this will work for everyone, but this is what I did after everything else failed:

    Control Panel>Programs and Features> Select Microsoft Edge - Click on change ("Uninstall" is not an option that is offered). Then repair.

    While the change/repair is underway, do this:
    Settings>Apps>Default apps>Adobe Acroboat - click on .pdf and change to Adobe Acrobat as default.
    ... and it worked!

    I hope it does not for the rest of you too.

    FYI - not a nerd, so, please don't shoot me for trying to help. I rummaged through several sites first, and tried everything that was suggested and failed.

    Wow, I think this has actually worked!

    I did this a couple of days ago and Acrobat is still the default app for PDFs. Previously Edge would have hijacked this again after an hour or so!

    Thank You Manoj!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-28T06:47:06+00:00

    OMG, you angel!!

    This works.

    1. Go to Add or Remove programs
    2. Look up Edge, click Modify, then Repair
    3. 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 process
    5. The default app for pdf is now changed.

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