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
    2024-05-01T14:12:06+00:00

    THANK YOU!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-01T17:14:47+00:00

    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.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-01T18:47:36+00:00

    What do you mean?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-01T20:33:19+00:00

    The first two steps didn't work for me. I tried the third one and then looked for .pdf and selected Acrobat, it worked.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-01T22:16:05+00:00

    I had this issue and solved it by

    Go to Windows Settings > Apps > Default Apps. Under the "Choose default apps" section, locate the entry for Microsoft Edge and click on it. Select the default program as Microsoft Edge.

    Once it accepts the setting, repeat the above and set it to Adobe Acrobat.

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