Windows 10: Prompt to "Set Microsoft Edge as the default application for reading pdf files?" appears in...

Windows 10 20H2Microsoft Edge 103.0.1264.62Acrobat Standard DC 2022.001.20117Acrobat is set as default .PDF viewer in Default AppsWhen I turn on Preview Pane in File Explorer and select a PDF file, a banner appears across the top of the preview pane asking me to "Set Microsoft Edge as the default application for reading pdf files". Even changing Edge to be the default PDF viewer does not suppress that prompt.I've tried setting the policy for Microsoft Edge for ShowPDFDefaultRecommendationsEnabled to disabled https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#showpdfdefaultreco

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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.

 

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.

 

Edge keeps replacing Adobe as default PDF viewer

Microsoft Edge keeps reverting to the default PDF viewer and it's extremely frustrating. I believe it occurs whenever I unzip files using winzip. I know how to reset the default application but it's time consuming doing it once or twice every day and shouldn't
be necessary.

Why does it keep changing back to Microsoft Edge and how can I stop this?

Can i remove Microsoft Edge completely?

Why does Adobe not appear in the default programs list? How can I add this to the list as if it did appear the steps to change the default viewer would be quicker.