Microsoft Edge | Read PDFs | Windows 11
Opening and reading PDF files in Microsoft Edge on Windows 11
This solved my problem. Thank you, good disciple.
Why can I not change my default .pdf app to anything other than Microsoft Edge?
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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.
Microsoft Edge | Read PDFs | Windows 11
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2024-05-04T13:16:31+00:00 OMG FINALLY!!!! Thank you SO MUCH you just saved one poor student on the other side of the globe XDDDD
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Anonymous
2024-05-04T13:07:47+00:00 Edge is garbage and should be zeroed out.
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Anonymous
2024-05-04T13:05:47+00:00 Press Control+Alt+Delete at the same time to trigger Task Manager. Then find all line items with Microsoft Edge on the list, and then close off all those line items.
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Anonymous
2024-05-04T12:40:47+00:00 I had to kill all msEdge.exe instances from the Task Manager, and it finally let me. Using Edge 124.02478.67 64-bit.
Can anyone explain how to kill msEdge.exe instance, please? I'm here after hours of search, it'd be so great if someone let me know what 'instance' is...