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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
Opening and reading PDF files in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
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It's not a problem with Reader - it's also a problem with Acrobat Pro. And reinstalling for me turned out to be a temporary solution until Edge grabbed it again.
I had to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to view a gov't PDF. As soon as I did that, Excel would open links to local PDF files in Edge. The only fix was to uninstall Adobe Acrobat Reader. Hopefully this is useful to somebody else, considering the only support offered to me across various platforms was "change the default app" 😂
Unfortunately it lasted just for several hours for me. The problem is back. I've tried to other pdf reader as default and same thing happens again.
Edge retook control of PDF last week for me. I just go in and manually reassign PDFs to Acrobat after every reboot. It has just become a cost of doing business.
Is this still working for you six months later? Or did Edge take over again on the next update?