Welcome to the Power Users community on Codidact!
Power Users is a Q&A site for questions about the usage of computer software and hardware. We are still a small site and would like to grow, so please consider joining our community. We are looking forward to your questions and answers; they are the building blocks of a repository of knowledge we are building together.
Post History
In a previous browser, when I clicked on a link that was to a PDF file, the file opened automatically in Acrobat. That was what I wanted, until MS forced using Edge. How do I get this same behavi...
Question
microsoft-edge
#2: Post edited
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2025-01-22T18:51:29Z (about 18 hours ago)
Added Edge and Windows versions.
- In a previous browser, when I clicked on a link that was to a PDF file, the file opened automatically in Acrobat. That was what I wanted, until MS forced using Edge.
- How do I get this same behavior in Edge?
- I looked thru the Edge settings, and in <i>Cookies and site permissions</i> there is <i>PDF documents</i>. Here are my settings for that:
- <img src="https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/x4yiuxv43vazignpp0bbq5viyhx1">
- The obvious choice of <i>Open with the default program for PDF files</i> is missing. I checked, and I do have Acrobat set up as the default. When I type the name of a PDF file on a command line, it gets opened in Acrobat as intended. I'm used to all the tools and the interface of Acrobat, and don't want to look at PDF files using Edge's viewer. It doesn't work the same as Acrobat, and isn't as powerful.
- In a previous browser, when I clicked on a link that was to a PDF file, the file opened automatically in Acrobat. That was what I wanted, until MS forced using Edge.
- How do I get this same behavior in Edge?
- I looked thru the Edge settings, and in <i>Cookies and site permissions</i> there is <i>PDF documents</i>. Here are my settings for that:
- <img src="https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/x4yiuxv43vazignpp0bbq5viyhx1">
- The obvious choice of <i>Open with the default program for PDF files</i> is missing. I checked, and I do have Acrobat set up as the default. When I type the name of a PDF file on a command line, it gets opened in Acrobat as intended. I'm used to all the tools and the interface of Acrobat, and don't want to look at PDF files using Edge's viewer. It doesn't work the same as Acrobat, and isn't as powerful.
- Edge says it is "Version 132.0.2957.115 (Official build) (64-bit)". The OS is Windows 10 Pro.
#1: Initial revision
by
Olin Lathrop
·
2025-01-22T18:43:10Z (about 19 hours ago)
How to open PDFs in Acrobat automatically from MS Edge?
In a previous browser, when I clicked on a link that was to a PDF file, the file opened automatically in Acrobat. That was what I wanted, until MS forced using Edge. How do I get this same behavior in Edge? I looked thru the Edge settings, and in <i>Cookies and site permissions</i> there is <i>PDF documents</i>. Here are my settings for that: <img src="https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/x4yiuxv43vazignpp0bbq5viyhx1"> The obvious choice of <i>Open with the default program for PDF files</i> is missing. I checked, and I do have Acrobat set up as the default. When I type the name of a PDF file on a command line, it gets opened in Acrobat as intended. I'm used to all the tools and the interface of Acrobat, and don't want to look at PDF files using Edge's viewer. It doesn't work the same as Acrobat, and isn't as powerful.