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Drew1903
Silver Contributor
Apr 19, 2019

FYI regarding PDFs

Feedback: Following "Try It" request. I tried this in both Dev & Canary.  I used the highlighted method. They opened fine, all 'controls' worked just fine.  Whole effort was or seemed snag-free. ...
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SCook1280
Brass Contributor
Apr 20, 2019

Tried all your suggestions and even uninstalled Edge Dev and reinstalled and still no luck. Something that I didn’t expect was when reinstalling Edge it was at the same state as it was when I uninstalled it. (same settings signed in etc. as when I uninstalled) not sure if this is registry settings not deleted or something the insider program keeps track of.

I’m going to keep playing with this and I think I’ll try the Canary build and see how that works for me. I did report this to Mr. Smiley when I first encountered it and will do so again with more details.

Thank for taking the time to offer the suggestions.

Drew1903 

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Drew1903
Silver Contributor
Apr 20, 2019

SCook1280 

1st of all, you're welcome.  I am, very, anxious to know what you have with Canary!  It is darn cool to know you tried my suggestions; not, very, cool that there is no change.  I'll suggest all came back as it was, due to 'sign-in' or the power of your MS Acc't; if you do R&R the OS, will come back as 'YOU' upon sign-in.

Cheers.
Drew

  • Harald Polz's avatar
    Harald Polz
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 21, 2019
    I encountered no problems using pdf files with Canary. But I am missing the options available in current Edge.
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    Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    Apr 21, 2019

    SCook1280 

    So glad & good to hear, to know you discovered the problem 👍👍 🍻.  'Tis a bit odd as it, certainly, is Off by default.  No wonder it made no bleedin sense!  Sometimes it's best to just be happy with a solve than, (try to) find or explain the cause OR to put it another way, "fun with 'puters".

    Myself, I run both Dev & Canary.  Just find it interesting and intriguing seeing them develop and fun comparing them.

    Cheers,
    Drew

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    SCook1280
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 21, 2019

     Drew1903   I found it. In Settings>Site Permissions>PDF documents > Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them was set to on. I honestly don't remember turning this setting on when I first setup Edge Dev. 

    I did install Canary and tried it without doing any changes except signing in and it worked perfectly. So I compared each setting between the two and noticed the difference (wasn't turned on in cannery) made the change and everything worked. If I turn on again it breaks again just keeps going back to the save to  download folder. 

    Like I said I don't remember turning the setting on and it didn't get turned off when I used the Reset Settings option. I'm curious if this setting change causes problems for others or if it's just me.

    Also like the Canary build too. I'm going to keep it setup basic might come in handy in the future.