Microsoft Edge | Read PDFs | Windows 11
Opening and reading PDF files in Microsoft Edge on Windows 11
How do you do this, please?
I didn't find it in task manager. Thank´s.
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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Anonymous
2024-05-01T19:03:05+00:00 -
Anonymous
2024-05-01T19:17:04+00:00 I did this with my IT team seemed to work as well I tried everything before this .
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Anonymous
2024-05-01T20:22:07+00:00 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.
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Anonymous
2024-05-01T21:59:59+00:00 Kill all msEdge.exe instances from the Task Manager works for me also, thank you
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Anonymous
2024-05-02T01:07:21+00:00 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.