How do I stop Edge from opening PDF files?

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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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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

Press Windows + I key to launch Windows Settings.
Click on Apps and select Default apps from the left pane.
Now scroll down and click on Choose default apps by file type.
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.

Open Microsoft Edge
Click on the three dots (…) from the right top corner.
Select Settings from the drop down and click on Site permissions from the left pane.
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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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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2021-11-05T14:39:38+00:00

top right hand corner of edge click 3 dots ...

select downloads

right click a download

select always open with system viewer

make sure it has a check mark

You should be set
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2021-11-05T20:01:38+00:00

top right hand corner of edge click 3 dots ...

select downloads

right click a download

select always open with system viewer

make sure it has a check mark

You should be set

Actually that does not work for me. I am trying to open up PDF files that are on my computer. I don't use Edge for browsing or anything else. The problem that most of us are having is that MS keeps changing the default program assigned to PDF files from Adobe Acrobat to Edge. So when I click on a pdf file on my computer, it opens with Edge rather than Adobe Acrobat. I can't do any editing of my PDF's in Edge. You can change the default app for PDF's back to Adobe Acrobat, and that might work for a couple of hours or a couple of days, but eventually, Microsoft ALWAYS changes the default app for PDF's back to Edge.
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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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