Windows 10: Why does Windows 10 keep changing my PDF file association to Edge????

Really annoying that for some reason Windows 10 keeps changing my PDF file association from Acrobat to Edge. I have tried so many times to try to prevent this behaviour with no luck. I have tried to disable everything I can think of related to Edge, but I can't uninstall Edge. Look, I use Acrobat for a reason. It allows me to edit PDF files, digitally sign them and lock them in a way that I am used to, and do not care to try to use some online viewer Edge. Why is it that Microsoft can arbitrarily change my file associations on my computer without my authorizing it? Surely there is a way to

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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!!!!

 

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.

 

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?