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
    2023-04-23T00:18:51+00:00

    Hello mewise

    Im Juliet and Im happy to help you :)

    I understand that you are having trouble with Microsoft Edge constantly becoming the default PDF viewer instead of Adobe Acrobat. This can be a frustrating issue, but there are a few steps you can take to try and resolve it.

    1. Open Adobe Acrobat and go to Edit > Preferences > General. Under the section labeled "Basic Tools," select "Set as Default PDF Handler."
    2. Go to Windows Settings > Apps > Default Apps. Under the "Choose default apps" section, locate the entry for Microsoft Edge and click on it. Select "Choose defaults for this program" and then uncheck the box next to "PDF."
    3. If the above steps do not work, you can try resetting your default apps to the Windows default. Go to Windows Settings > Apps > Default Apps, and click "Reset" under "Reset to the Microsoft recommended defaults."

    I hope this helps! Let me know what happens :)

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