Why can I not change my default .pdf app to anything other than Microsoft Edge?

Anonymous
2024-04-29T11:48:46+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-03T18:36:32+00:00

    this is junk

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-05-03T18:28:28+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.

    yes finally able to change the damn edge to adobe....

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-05-03T18:18:03+00:00

    Thank you!! this worked for me

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-03T16:40:06+00:00

    This worked for me! Thank you!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-03T16:13:51+00:00

    I'm not sure if that's what I read in the different options to try but what worked for me was to close Edge, Reboot then go to Task Manager/Details and make sure there were no MSEdge... processes running. I even kill the MSEdge update one just in case. Then went to Default Apps and I was able to change the default for .PDF from Edge to MyPDF program (I use PDF-Xcange Viewer) but it doesn't matter which one you use.

    Cheers.

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