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faqqeu
Copper Contributor
Oct 10, 2020

Edge pdf opens multiple tabs

Hi,   When i try and open a pdf with edge it opens multiple tabs. it looks like it opens a tab every time a spacebar should have been there so for example one of my pdf locations is: file:///C:/U...
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    Oct 14, 2020

    faqqeu HotCakeX juanpatelleria easyhoon Kam 

    Looks like the team opened and resolved this bug over the past week! It seems to have primarily affected older builds. If you're still seeing it, can you please comment below with the version number (from edge://settings/help) and submit feedback through the browser? (Shift+Alt+I)

     

    Fawkes (they/them)
    Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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easyhoon
Copper Contributor
Oct 13, 2020

faqqeu  The bug happens when either the folder or the file name contains a space. Another workaround is to replace spaces in folders/file names for a "-* until its fixed.

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    HotCakeX
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    Oct 14, 2020
    easyhoon wrote:

    faqqeu  The bug happens when either the folder or the file name contains a space. Another workaround is to replace spaces in folders/file names for a "-* until its fixed.

    easyhoon 

    but I can't reproduce this problem that you are talking about.

    my PDF file has space in its name, when i open it in Edge stable and dev, i don't get multiple tabs. any other criteria you can think of to be related?

     

    Version 87.0.658.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit)

    Version 86.0.622.38 (Official build) (64-bit)

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