Windows 10: PDF files and Microsoft Edge Issue

Hi All,
Normally you can associate a file type with any app that works with that type of file. I have always changed a file type of a app when I do a clean install of Windows or install a different app. I recently installed Perfect PDF 9 Editor so I could read and edit any PDF file. I set the default app to Perfect PDF 9 and all seemed well. I right-click on a PDF file and select open with Perfect PDF 9 and check the box to open always. When it opened a popup came up and asked if I wanted to make Perfect PDF 9 my default. I clicked yes and all seemed fine. closed that PDF file and opened another and get same popup. I go to app default settings and Edge is set to open a PDF. I have tried a lot of google instructions on how to set the PDF file to associate to Perfect PDF 9 but every time Windows resets it back to Edge.
I have even went into edge and set the site permissions to externally but nothing will stop Windows from resetting it back to Edge.So for days now I have to always right-click a pdf and open with Perfect PDF or if I forget it will open in Edge.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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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 files and Microsoft Edge Issue

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PDF files and Microsoft Edge Issue

Hi, I have that installed. My default prog was Sumatra - perfectly stable.

I have just used Open With to set Perfect PDF... as default, then checked Settings. Stable so far.

Do you have any Adobe products installed, or an old version of Winzip?




Using this program you can readily see more detail:




- and verify the change was written to the registry
Also note that different programs are assigned for different purposes.

What leads to a pdf opening in Edge after having assigned it to Perfect Pdf? Log off/on? Restart?

I happen to be running as admin.