Many reasons should be blamed if you fail in opening a PDF file on a Windows computer. Besides, it can also be caused by an operating system upgrade or corruption. Possible factors that prevent you from opening files in Adobe Reader or Acrobat:. You must be eager to recover PDF file rather than rewriting a new one if lost PDF file contains a lot of significant information.
The most possible reason that will stop you from viewing PDF Files in browsers like Internet Explorer is software conflict; there may be conflict with the Adobe Setting. Many users consider this a convenient feature, as it doesn't require a third-party app to be installed for opening PDFs. On the other hand, some users may prefer an external app, as it often includes extra features and tools. 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. Thank you for your help. I've just going to live with this for the time being. I'm reluctant to do any re-installation for fear of borking something in my profile too many extensions and stuff. I had hoped there was some particular setting or hack that would just get this working, but if not then I can work around it.
Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Favorites, history, and downloads Microsoft Edge Search Community member. I have set FoxIt Reader to handle pdf files. I have set Edge to not open PDF files. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
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