Make Pdf Default

Power director editor online. Windows 8 introduced a new PDF viewer installed by default and many are finding that PDF's are not opening up in Adobe Acrobat even after it has been installed.

To get your PDF's to open up automatically in Adobe Acrobat Reader instead of the default Windows 8 PDF reader please follow the following steps.

Step 1 – Open up Default Programs

• Click on start
• Type in Default Programs and click on the first option that comes up.

Change Default PDF Viewer in Windows 10 The earlier version of Windows (XP, 7 and 8) required the installation of Adobe PDF Reader or other PDF Viewers in order to view PDF files. In Windows 10, Microsoft has done away with the need to install PDF viewer and assigned Microsoft Edge browser as the default PDF viewer. By default, Windows 10 uses Microsoft Edge as the default program to open PDF files. So when you double-click a PDF file to open it, it will be automatically opened in Microsoft Edge browser, whether a PDF reader is installed on your Windows 10 or not. Sometimes you may want to change the default program to open and view PDF files.

Step 2 – Click on 'Set your default programs'

Step 3 – Set the Adobe Reader Program as Default

• Click on Adobe Reader on the left hand side
• Click on Set this program as default
• Click on ok

Make Pdf Default

This is assuming that you have already installed Adobe Reder. If you haven't it can be downloaded from here

How To Make Pdf Default Program

For those that prefer to see this in action you can watch the following quick demonstration

These steps will show how to change which program will open a PDF when you double-click to open.

This is useful if you have two different PDF programs – for example Acrobat Reader DC and Adobe Acrobat X Pro.

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You will need administrator access on the computer to make this change.

How to change PDF Handler in Windows 10

1. Click on the Windows start button and search for ‘Default app settings'
2. Click on it when it appears in the list
3. At the bottom of the window – click on the ‘Choose default apps by file type' link
4. Scroll down until you see .pdf
5. Next to .pdf click on the application
6. Choose the new application for opening PDF files
7. You can now close the Settings window
8. PDFs will now open in the new application by default

How To Make Pdf Default

What if I'm not using Windows 10?

For previous versions of Windows (e.g. Windows 7):

1. Open Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat
2. Click on the ‘Edit' menu then ‘Preferences'
3. Click on ‘General' on the side bar
4. Click on the button ‘Select Default PDF Handler'.
5. Click on the drop down box and select ‘Adobe Reader …'
6. Click on ‘Apply' and then ‘OK'
7. PDF files will now open in Internet Explorer, using Adobe Reader.