Stop Edge from taking control of PDF's permanently!!!

Anonymous
2021-01-20T05:56:56+00:00

I am very frustrated with Microsoft Edge continuously hijacking PDFs.  I run Adobe Acrobat and need to have the tools.  I have tried the standard ways of setting Adobe as the default program for PDFs - through Control Panel, through Properties of the file, through Open with.  None of these work for even an hour.

I have also tried a couple of hacks through Regedit that seem to work for others but not for me.

I am at the stage that if i could I would uninstall Edge.

So, how can I permanently set Adobe as the default program for PDFs?

Microsoft Edge | Read PDFs | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-02-07T22:10:18+00:00

    How to Change the Default PDF Reader in Windows 10 (howtogeek.com)

    Have you tried these steps? It would be also best to contact support.microsoft.com/contactus to see a support agent is able to access your computer and troubleshoot.

    https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=pdf+default+edge+how+to+remove&docid=608039650403552065&mid=15D2B071B1862DFDF3A115D2B071B1862DFDF3A1&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

    Also recommend watching this video and eradng this

    How do I stop Edge from opening PDF files? - Microsoft Community

    Hey Lester, you may press open externaly for pdfs as well

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-02-08T00:13:18+00:00

    A more specific analysis of the events happening.

    Thanks for going to the trouble of documenting this. What you show is exactly what I expected to be happening, as it will with any application that tries to overturn the user choice. At least you are able to prevent the program from doing it; I'm just surprised that Adobe Acrobat doesn't have a similar preference. All the documentation I could find from Adobe seems to concentrate on the reverse procedure: GPOs are available for organizations to force the PDF file association and prevent users from changing it, which is quite the opposite of what Windows tries to do.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-02-08T00:20:12+00:00

    Does this only happen on Adobe? Does it work on any other app. Have you tried reinstalling Adobe? Tried support? I dont' think this is a edge bug

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-02-16T04:52:15+00:00

    I unchecked the PDF file association in ACDSee and that fixed it.

    Thank you very much for posting this. I must admit that the possibility of some program other than Adobe asserting itself as the default in defiance of User Choice hadn't occurred to me.

    @Lester - is this a possibility? If you open Windows Settings > Apps > Default apps > Choose default applications by file type and click on the current entry for .pdf, is there any other option than Adobe Acrobat DC?

    Thanks for the idea.  I did this but it has not solved the problem.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-02-16T04:56:15+00:00

    Does this only happen on Adobe? Does it work on any other app. Have you tried reinstalling Adobe? Tried support? I dont' think this is a edge bug

    In my case it only happens with Adobe.  I agree that it is not an Edge issue because I have managed to remove Edge totally from my PC.  Windows now just removes the association with Adobe and leaves it with no association at all.

    I believe that Windows is the culprit.

    What I don't understand is why this only happens on my PC and not on my laptop - they both have the same software.

    Maybe a reformat might fix it.

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