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I follow the steps (via Settings) and no change. I try to open Adobe Reader and it will not open on my PC. I see from a search that this is not a new issue and it's frustrating. This feels predatory and proprietary - forcing us to use Microsoft products. I'm thinking of stopping my personal subscription and moving to another option.
Opening and reading PDF files in Microsoft Edge on Windows 11
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Thank you for this! It worked for me. This is a very recent change apparently caused by a recent Edge update - I had it changed to another PDF editor for a long time, but suddenly just in the last day or 2 it started going back to Edge.
So, should be good . . . . until the next Edge update?? 😖
Just recently, (apparently) MS has added a restriction to changing certain File Type Associations.
This guy has a pretty good post about it/
UserChoice Protection Driver – UCPD.sys – the kolbicz blog
And I agree, this is not good business practice.
Indeed, this point was raised earlier in the discussion. Those who are indiscriminately adhering to "disciple83's" advice to terminate Edge via the task manager, without further details, will likely be frustrated when the "UCPD velocity" scheduled task initiates and reinstates the filter driver.
Kill all msEdge.exe instances from the Task Manager works for me also, thank you
Just recently, (apparently) MS has added a restriction to changing certain File Type Associations.
This guy has a pretty good post about it/
UserChoice Protection Driver – UCPD.sys – the kolbicz blog
And I agree, this is not good business practice.
I did this with my IT team seemed to work as well I tried everything before this .