Windows 10: How is that Google Chrome can make itself the default PDF viewer?

Discus and support How is that Google Chrome can make itself the default PDF viewer? in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Ok, first of all I DON'T WANT suggestions on how to change my default applications, I'm a very seasoned system administrator and I'm well aware of how... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by cgmani, Sep 29, 2021.

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    How is that Google Chrome can make itself the default PDF viewer?


    Ok, first of all I DON'T WANT suggestions on how to change my default applications, I'm a very seasoned system administrator and I'm well aware of how to do it.Since Windows 10 ONLY allows me as a sys admin to set a list of default application associations via an .xml file ONE TIME at a computer login or a user login via GPO, HOW IN THE WORLD DOES GOOGLE CHROME REPEATEDLY KEEP CHANGING THE DEFAULT PDF VIEWER TO ITSELF FOR MY USERS????I've been working on this for months now and it is really piss poor that Microsoft does not let sys admins control the default file associations to the degree the

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    cgmani, Sep 29, 2021
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