Frequently Asked Question
Making Adobe Reader (or another application) my default PDF viewer
Last Updated 7 years ago
Windows defaults to opening PDF files in Edge. Unfortunately Edge isn't a very good PDF viewer, so you'll probably want to make Adobe Reader your default (or Acrobat / Foxit if you're a licensed user of either of these products).
All company issued computers will already have Adobe Reader installed. To make it your default PDF viewe:
- right click on any PDF file
- go to Open with
- Choose another app
- Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (or Foxit PhantomPDF / Adobe Acrobat if applicable)
- check the box to Always use this app to open .pdf files
- click OK
PDFs will now open in the selected application. Sometimes Windows updates will revert this back to Edge, if this happens just repeat the above procedure.