Adobe keeps opening when a download a pdf

Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. When I receive attachments by email, they are still opening by microsoft edge and not Adobe. Very frustrating! Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member.

I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Microsoft Edge comes with an integrated PDF viewer.

It is a useful option that allows you to avoid installing a third-party PDF viewer. It includes essential functions to view, read, print the PDF files, and also allows adding notes and highlights.

Also, for files opened by a link from a web site, it shows a save button to download and save such file locally to your computer. Note: The default behavior can be easily restored by reverting the above steps, i. Alternatively, you can apply a Group Policy tweak for Microsoft Edge and force enable or force disable the open PDFs feature for all users. Let's review this method as well.

The above tweak uses the AlwaysOpenPdfExternally policy which is supported in the browser starting in Edge When the PDF file download option is configured via the group policy option, users won't be able to change in Edge settings.

The enforcement will be applied to all user accounts on your computer. It is not set by default, so users can manage the Always open PDF files externally setting in the browser as described in the first method in this post.

Download Registry Files. From the right side, you will see default apps for Music Player, Photo viewer, Video player, and Web browser.

Scroll down and select Choose default apps by file type. You will see default and preferred apps for all the possible file types on Windows Use the search bar on the upper left corner and type PDF.

It will use your preferred app to open PDF files. As you can see from the method above, the ability to change the default PDF reader on Windows 10 is buried inside the Settings menu.

Select Open with and click on Choose another app from the following menu. Select your preferred PDF app from the list and enable Always use this app to open. Users can add fonts, change their size and color, add comments, stamps, and even password-protect a PDF. General troubleshooting. Follow Report. Community guidelines. Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more. Jump to latest reply. Hi Mitch, Thanks for reaching out to us.