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
    2021-11-06T01:27:02+00:00

    Hi

    There is an easier way.

    First of all download Acrobat DC

    Now when you look at a PDF file you will noticeit opens up with Edge

    click Properties

    Change from open with edge to Open with Acrobat

    That works ok here with my Windows 10

    Regards

    Don Henry

    Believe me thousands of us have tried that over the years. And it will work for an hour or longer, sometimes up to a week or two. But eventually MS will take back the app association and make it open with Edge again. Sometimes I have to change the association from Edge back to Acrobat 5 or 6 times a day. Sometimes I have seen the association change from Acrobat back to Edge within 30 seconds after I changed the association to open with Acrobat.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-11-05T23:13:18+00:00

    Hi

    There is an easier way.

    First of all download Acrobat DC

    Now when you look at a PDF file you will noticeit opens up with Edge

    click Properties

    Change from open with edge to Open with Acrobat

    That works ok here with my Windows 10

    Regards

    Don Henry

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-11-05T20:39:28+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? 
      

    This has been a problem long before 2018. I have been trying to get a fix from MS customer support since at least 2016, the year before we moved into our new office. We have loaded the latest version of Acrobat on a new clean reformatted windows 10 install to see if that was the problem, and it did not fix the issue. We have tried uninstalling Edge, and there are ways that seem to uninstall the program, but they don't really uninstall it. Edge gets removed from the "Programs and Features" list, but an examination of your C drive will show that it is really still there, it is just now hidden. This has been a known problem to MS and Adobe for 5 or 6 years now, and we are no closer to a solution now than we were then. I have seen NO movement from either company to try and fix it. The fact that folks who use Foxit and not Adobe also have the problem points back to Edge and MS as being the culprit.

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