Windows 10: Windows 11 continues to default back to Edge!!chrome to edge, acrobat reader to edge

My Window setting is Windows 11, version 23H2Everytime I turn on and off, or even close the laptop and open it everysetting gets back to edge I usually use browser and pdf.Please help.. It is so annoying and disturbing....

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How do I disable the useless Edge PDF Reader???


Hmm, now I am really confused. The Adobe DC Preference options seem to imply it cant be done ( yet oterh don't have an issue) :

 

PDF file association keeps being hi-jacked by Edge

Windows 10 Enterprise

I don't want to use Edge.

I use Chrome and Acrobat Reader DC.

This happens to me constantly...

I have the latest version of Acrobat Reader DC and Chrome, and Edge keeps stealing .PDF, but no other extensions.

I have tried all of the proper methods

• Go Settings, Apps, Default apps, at the bottom of the list click on Choose default apps by file type. Scroll down to .pdf and set the default to Acrobat.
• Go Settings, Apps, Default apps, at the bottom of the list click on Choose set defaults by app. Scroll down to Acrobat and see that only .pdf is set to edge.
• Also tried. right click on file and choose open with and choose to always use Acrobat.
• Also tried. right click on file and choose properties open with and hit the change button for Opens with and choose acrobat.
  

at least once a week it gets put back to Edge. it keeps opening with acrobat until some mystery time.

I almost always have a pdf open in acrobat and usually never have edge open and yet it does this.

Also my default photo viewer gets removed from a 3rd party program from IrFanView to "nothing", not even the Windows photo viewer

Edge steals .htm files but nothing else from chrome, all other extensions are left as Chrome.

Now i see another application keeps stealing .DBF from Foxpro. and I never launch that other program except once a year but can't delete it.

I have looked through task schduler and don't see anything in there.

 

Windows 10 Edge PDF Viewer

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

1. Click on start menu and select settings.

2. Click on System.

3. Click on Default apps.

4. Towards the bottom of the page
'Choose default application by fire type'.

5. Scroll down to .pdf

When you get to pdf, you will only see Adobe Acrobat Reader on the list.

You'll need to left click at Adobe Acrobat Reader > then choose Microsoft Edge.

That will change Edge as the default app to open pdf files.



Hope this helps.

Regards,

Guru Kiran