![]() ![]() I can check PDF and it takes it and I can exit and come back in and see that it remains checked, but when I double click on a PDF file Edge opens and when I go back into this setting the only extension unchecked is PDF, which now has Edge listed for it. In the interim (since November) the option "Set defaults by app" has changed a little so it now goes to a different panel titled "Set Default Programs" where I can choose "Set this program as default" or "Choose defaults for this program", when I click on "Choose defaults for this program" it takes me to a pane with two lists arranged vertically, like before, but this time the top lists extensions while the bottom protocols (only ACROBAT is listed), in the top list all but PDF is checked. Select Adobe Acrobat DC or Reader from the list as your default. When I go to the Control Panel I can now set DC as the default in all 3 options listed above but again, clicking on a PDF file opens Edge and resets my default app settings from DC back to Edge. In the first subsection, the text Opens with: indicates which PDF viewer is set as your default. When I launch DC it asks me if I want to make it the default handler so I say yes and it seems to proceed without errors but again, when I click on a PDF MS Edge opens. Same problem, I can't make DC the default PDF handler. Today I uninstalled Reader with the aim of reinstalling it, but to my dismay keep getting redirected to Reader DC. The other two options allowed me to change them from MS Edge to Adobe Reader and I could exit and come back in and see that the settings had stuck, but when I then double clicked on a PDF file Edge would launch and if I went back into the Control Panel's settings all the settings I had changed would be reset to Edge. pdf and was set to Microsoft Edge, I was not allowed to change it or any of the other file types listed in the top set, just those listed in the bottom set. The "Set defaults by app" option listed the file extensions vertically in two sets, the top set included. A pop-up window will prompt you to choose your preferred software. ![]() "Choose default as by file type", "Choose default apps by protocol" and "Set defaults by app"). I have tried setting it from the Control Panel, using all three options under the Default Apps menu (i.e. As soon as I double click on a PDF file to open it up comes Microsoft Edge. Since then I have tried about 100 times to make Acrobat Reader XI my default PDF handler but it never sticks. I upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 at the beginning of November, 2015. ![]()
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