Windows 10: pdf file association automatically changes every time to Edge in spite of manually changing...

I would like to open the PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Reader. However, pdf file association automatically changes every time to Edge in spite of manually changing it to Adobe Acrobat. Is there a permanent fix for this please?

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Latest WIndows 10 Update Changes File Associations

I'm about to lose my mind and patience with this issue. I've reset the file association via every way possible and still the file associations for Edge keep coming back, sometimes even minutes after I've changed it. In particular with these file types
and associations:

• graphic files like png, jpg, gif - I have resurrected Window Photo Viewer and associated these file types with it, but Windows 10 keeps changing them back to the Photos app
• mp3 files - I changed them to Windows Media Player, but Windows 10 keeps changing them back to Groove Music
• htm and html files - I changed to open with Chrome, but Windows 10 keeps changing them back to open with Edge
• pdf files - I changed to open with Acrobat Pro, but Windows 10 keeps changing them back to open with Edge

OMG!!!! When I started typing this, I changed the file association for .pdf files to Acrobat, and just now after proofing this post, they're reset to open with Edge!!!!

Come on Microsoft, quit screwing with us and leave the file associations alone!!!!

 

PDF Associations Changing

On multiple comptuers Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge keep switcing the associations. So all PDF are opening through these browsers even when Adobe DC is installed on the computer. Some things I have tried:

- Uninstalling Chrome

- Clearing temp files

- Switching the associations back

- Rebooting

- Windows Update

- Updating Chrome

Whenever I get it working the next day or sometime within the week the PDFs start opening through Chrome or MS Edge again. Any suggestions?

 

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.