Windows 10: All files are saving as PDF

Hello Microsoft Community!I am having an issue that just started today, very strange and annoying. All of my files are saving in PDF format, no matter the original program or the "Save As" selection. It is still showing up in the file explorer as a PDF. Below are a few steps that I have taken to attempt to resolve the issue. If anyone has any suggestion or insight that may be helpful, I am all ears. Thank you!Attempted conversion from the original program and also Adobe - no luck with this.Attempted to save the file in a different location, both cloud and local. No resolve.Ran anti-virus to ch

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microsoft print to pdf files will not open after saving

We suggest that you save the PDF files on your device and check if the issue persists. You may also want to associate the PDF files to Microsoft Edge as the default program to make sure that you have a default application that will open all of your PDF files.
Here are the steps:

• Search for Default Programs.
• Go to Associate a file type or protocol with a program.
• Select the .pdf file type and then click the Change program button on the upper right of the
  Set Associations window.
• Choose Microsoft Edge and then click OK.

Let us know how it goes.

 

PDF

Hello,

Regarding your PDF documents, the location will be based on where you saved the files. For your second inquiry, your documents can be converted to a PDF. If the original file is from Office Word, we suggest that you follow the steps below:

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  In Word, select File > Save As.
  
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  Select where you want to save the file.
  
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  Type a new File name if you want.
  
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  For Save as type, select PDF.
  
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  For Optimize for, select an option: Standard or
  Minimum Size.
  
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  Select Open File After Publishing, if you want to open the file after you save it as a PDF. This is selected by default.
  
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  Select Save.
  

If the steps provided is not working, please get back to us with the exact version of your Office Word.

Let us know the result of the suggested steps.

Thank you.

 

save Fresh Paint file to PDF

Hi JuliaMPSimmons,

You can save your picture printing it as a PDF.

Follow these steps:

• Open your picture using the Fresh Paint app
• Click the printer icon

• Then, choose "Microsoft Print to PDF" as printer

• Carry on and print your picture as a PDF

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If you've already saved your picture as a *.png/*.jpg/... file, you can equally print the file that you have as a PDF (using "Microsoft Print to PDF").

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I hope it was helpful.

Cheers!