Windows 10: Default application for opening PDF files changes to Microsoft Edge

Good afternoon,


I am at a loss with one user issue at our organization. She is currently running into an issue with .PDF extension randomly changing. She uses Bluebeam as her default PDF program but when it changes it defaults to Microsoft Edge. I have tried nearly everything I could think of. I have removed her local profile, I reset windows. I rebuilt her a new PC.


I upgraded all programs to the latest versions. I upgraded Windows to 1909. I had her use a completely different active directory account. I deleted MS Edge. I know this has something to do with user choice. I tried all those registry changes but it keeps changing. I tried the default association .xml trick no luck. Microsoft why can't you just remove the user choice process when Windows thinks a program is a issue. That should not be up to Microsoft to determine. Has anyone had any luck with this? I'm ready to pull my hair out.




***Modified title from: Windows 10 PDF bug***

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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.

 

Microsoft Edge is not the default for PDF files

Hi Lawrence,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience caused to you. We will help you to resolve the issue.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to change Microsoft edge as a default file type for .PDF files and check if it helps.

1. Click on
Start Menu > Settings > System >
Default Apps.

2. Scroll down and select ‘Choose default Apps by file type‘.

3. Scroll down and look for.pdfon the left side, click on ‘Microsoft Edge‘ to select, once ‘Choose
an app’ popup opens, select the application you want to set as default to open PDF file type, done.

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

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Have you set your default PDF reader to Nuance Power PDF Advanced?

Settings>Apps>Default Apps>Choose default apps by file type>scroll down to .pdf on the left side of your screen, then click on the default app (most likely Edge). A list of available PDF reading apps should show up . . . click on your Nuance PDF reader and select it as your default. As you can see, I use Adobe Reader. *Smile