How do I stop Edge from opening PDF files?

Anonymous
2020-04-16T12:40:17+00:00

How do I stop Microsoft edge from opening? everytime I do the system performance check from dell it sets up Microsoft edge to open PDF files and I have my own program I use, however I cant set it as my default program.... 

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Microsoft Edge | Read PDFs | Windows 10

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Anonymous
2020-04-17T08:41:58+00:00

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

We understand your concern as you would like to change the default app for PDF file from Edge to Adobe.

In this scenario, we would suggest you to perform these methods and check.

Method 1: Change the setting for Apps

  1. Press Windows + I key to launch Windows Settings.
  2. Click on Apps and select Default apps from the left pane.
  3. Now scroll down and click on Choose default apps by file type.
  4. Scroll and look for .pdf, .pdxml, and .pdx file type, then click on the + sign to change it to Adobe Reader.

Method 2: Stop opening PDF file if you are using New Edge Chromium.

  1. Open Microsoft Edge
  2. Click on the three dots (…) from the right top corner.
  3. Select Settings from the drop down and click on Site permissions from the left pane.
  4. Scroll down and click on PDF documents, Toggle the switch to On for Always open PDF files externally.

Notes: If the Always open PDF files externally is on then if you try to open any online PDF document, it will prompt you to download and later you can use Adobe Reader to view.

Regards,

Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

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Anonymous
2020-08-14T08:06:25+00:00

Adobe Acrobat professional is not changing the default app.  

It was in 2018 that Windows tightened up the file association protection measures that you seem to be running into. I can't find documentation for this, but versions newer than Acrobat Pro DC 18 shouldn't be doing this. It's likely that Acrobat Pro 2017 writes to registry keys that only users are allowed to change (by using the default apps settings available).

Could it be that you're using an older version of Acrobat?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-10-29T19:06:58+00:00

    I will try this, but it seems that the policy is enforced upon login.  If the OS changes the association during a session, as is the case with Windows 10, you will need to log out and then back in to re-enforce the associations.  Since on some days Edge can reset the default association every 20 to 30 minutes, it seems that you can end up doing a lot of login in and login out.  I don't use Edge, and never have.  I use Chrome.  I always open my pdf's from the file manager, and use Acrobat Pro to edit and view them, but Edge still steals my PDF's.

    I tried to uninstall Edge, but the uninstall routine for Edge is just a fake uninstall routine that only removes edge from your list of programs.  It is still there and still takes control of your PDF's.  Is there any way of actually removing Edge, or crippling it in some way so that it cant run and screw with users?

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-28T21:46:13+00:00

    This does not solve the problem but for maybe 2 minutes and then it converts back to Edge. I use Google Chrome as my default web browser and Foxit Phontom Pdf Pro but regardless of if I change the default program, on some days, Edge will take control and change the file format to open via edge browser which is slow and you can't edit.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-26T10:33:33+00:00

    This just doesn't work.

    I have Windows 10 Pro 64bit O/S and Acrobat Pro DC (latest version).

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    No matter what I do - the Windows system immediately switches back to assigning TWINUI as the default program for PDF files.

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    I have even removed Edge (don't want that program anyway) and blocked edge updates.

    But I cannot open PDF files with Acrobat Pro DC unless I right-click and select it from Open With...

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    Any solutions ?

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