Windows 10: How to prevent Chromedge from Opening PDFs

Currently running Win10 1909, IE11, Edge Chromium and Acrobat Reader 11. Ever since I updated to new edge any PDFs online that I click on with IE open in Edge by default. I would prefer to open them in Acrobat Reader but cannot find the setting. My company uses PIV cards and encrypted OWA mail so I have to use IE because Edge doesnt support S/Mime Addon. When the 2nd browser opens it also seems to trigger some IP lookup security setting locking me out of my documents. Right now Im working around it by right clicking and saving the pdf to Desktop then opening with Acrobat Reader but Id prefer just to click on pdf and have it open in Reader. Thanks

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Trouble Opening PDF's

Hi Parker,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We will assist you in resolving the issue.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

• Does the issue persist in Edge browser?
• Do you get similar error when you open the PDF file in Adobe reader?

Check if you are facing similar issue in Edge browser.



Step 1: Open PDF file in Adobe reader and check if you are facing similar issue.



To open PDF file directly from Adobe reader, follow the steps below:

• Open Adobe application and click on Edit.
• Click on Preferences and select Internet.
• Uncheck Display PDF in Browser option and check if you are able to open the PDF file without getting the error code.

Step 2: If you are able to open PDF file in Adobe reader, I suggest you to
Turn off Internet Explorer,
enable it again and check if the issue is resolved.



For further assistance, I suggest you to post your query in Adobe support forum.

Acrobat Reader on Adobe Support Community



Thank you.

 

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:

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

 

Upgrade preventing PDF creation and printing from Outlook and Yahoo?

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand your inconvenience. We will assist you with it.

Before we proceed, we require more information to assist you better.

• 
  Does this issue occurs in other browser or specific to particular browser?
  
• 
  Are you able to print document using different apps?
  
• 
  Are you able to view/open the PDF documents?
  

I suggest you to follow the below given steps to print the page.

• Open the file you want to print in Word, Pdf or Notepad/WordPad.
• Press Ctrl + P key to open print option.
  
• Select the Printer and desired page layout.
• Click on Print and check if it works.
  

Please post back with the results and the information asked, we will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.