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
    2024-11-18T13:21:30+00:00

    Hi dear Juliet

    The third option worked for me. thank you so much. I was struggling with this issue for weeks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-17T18:18:34+00:00

    "Setting the PDF handler, exporting the associations using DISM, and reimporting them with my admin account seemed to fix it for all users on subsequent logins. Edge no longer takes over the association on each login."

    Is this still working for you?

    Edge continues to set itself as the default pdf viewer. In my case, we are using BlueBeam, not Adobe. Regardless, it switches itself back daily, if not more often, not just during major updates.

    I agree. Insufferable.

    Come on, @Microsoft, do you need to be so petty? If you want me to use Edge as the default, please provide a tool as robust as BlueBeam's Revu. Thank you.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-08T06:03:11+00:00

    Force Resetting UCPD Value on Windows

    If the direct approach of resetting the default PDF viewer on Windows doesn’t work, it could be the UserChoice Protection Driver (UCPD) service updated on your device. This service blocks users from changing the default PDF program, and not even with the registry.

    And here are the steps to disable UCPD:

    Step 1. Open Notepad, and copy and paste the following code into it:

    @echo off

    NET SESSION >nul 2>&1

    if %errorLevel% neq 0 (

        echo You need to run this script as an administrator.

        goto EXITLABEL

    )

    reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UCPD" /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f >nul 2>&1

    if %errorLevel% equ 0 (

        echo Registry value updated successfully.

    ) else (

        echo Failed to update registry value.

        goto EXITLABEL

    )

    schtasks /Change /Disable /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\AppxDeploymentClient\UCPD velocity" >nul 2>&1

    if %errorLevel% equ 0 (

        echo Disable scheduled task successfully.

        echo Please restart to apply the settings.

    ) else (

        echo Failed to disable scheduled task.

    )

    :EXITLABEL

    echo Press any key to exit...

    pause >nul

    exit

    2. Go to File > Save as. Change the Save as type to All files and save the Notepad to a file named ‘disable-ucpd.bat’.

    Save as BAT

    Save as BAT

    3. Right-click the .bat file and select ‘Run as administrator’.

    4. After the console says ‘Please restart to apply the settings’, reboot your computer.

    5. Once the computer reboots, you can reset the default PDF viewer again as usual.

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