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stesch79
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Jul 23, 2019
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Adobe Reader integration

Hi team   How can we enable the Adobe Reader as the default PDF handler in Edge or disable the internal PDF viewer? We appreciate your efforts regards PDF handling, but Adobe Reader is still requir...
  • stesch79's avatar
    stesch79
    May 04, 2020

    smokie128  It works with Adobe Reader, you don't need Adobe Acrobat. The cool thing is, that you the extension menu automatically pops-up and users can click to "Open in Acrobat" and it will download and open the PDF:

     

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tylderlurden
Brass Contributor
Feb 25, 2020

vygadeka 

 

Same question. Update?

 

The extra download step is confusing users and unnecessary taking up space on our storage and cloud. 

 

Auto downloading files gets us closer. What we really want is a way to click on an online PDF link

 

For example https://www.irs.gov/forms-instructions

 

Click on form 1040 and have it open in Adobe reader, acrobat, etc. Anything but Edge.

 

Why do we have to download the PDF first and then change the default in teh download toolbar to automatically open it in System viewer or Adobe? Why not just open the link from the website in our choice that is not Edge.

 

If you have to download it then like the others said auto download it to a temp folder and then we can use the always open pic you posted.

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smokie128
Copper Contributor
Apr 09, 2020

vygadeka 

 

Is this issue still being worked on? This is the last big roadblock to my org deploying new Edge to all users.

  • vygadeka's avatar
    vygadeka
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    May 10, 2020

    smokie128 the ability to automatically download the files (instead of getting the popup message) has been added to Edge version 083. You can also give it a try in latest Canary version. Please let us know if that works for you. 

     

    Vyankatesh 
    Program/Product Manager - Microsoft Edge

    • lasureal's avatar
      lasureal
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 27, 2020

      vygadeka dear, we have the same problem.

      How exactly do we enable opening pdf's at once in acrobat? 

      Is this a server setting?

      tnx

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        narutards
        Iron Contributor
        Oct 27, 2020

        lasureal 

        Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"AlwaysOpenPdfExternally"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoOpenFileTypes]
"1"="pdf"

         

        With that PDF files will automatically be opened in the system PDF viewer with no download prompt. PDF files will however still get auto-downloaded to the user's (configured) "Downloads" folder.

         

        Beware: There is currently a bug in v86 that did not exist in v85. If you have the "PromptForDownloadLocation" policy set then the "AutoOpenFileTypes" policy does not work. Disable the "PromptForDownloadLocation" or wait for Microsoft to fix the issue in an upcoming update. I've already opened a call with them about the issue.

    • Terabyte's avatar
      Terabyte
      Brass Contributor
      Jul 09, 2020
      Where is this setting? Nothing I seem to do in 083 seems to automatically download PDFs, Edge still just opens them.
    • smokie128's avatar
      smokie128
      Copper Contributor
      May 10, 2020
      Yes, thank you very much! That works for us.

      Would there be any way to enforce "Always open in system viewer" for all users for pdf files, preferably via GPO? To be clear, I mean the option users can select after downloading the file and right-clicking on the downloaded file in the Edge Download Bar.
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        narutards
        Iron Contributor
        Jul 08, 2020

        smokie128 

        That isn't possible right now but will be coming with Edge v85.

         

        I've had a case open with MS for a while and like 2 weeks ago they confirmed it. The policy reference has already been updated accordingly too: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#autoopenfiletypes

  • Terabyte's avatar
    Terabyte
    Brass Contributor
    May 01, 2020

    Clearly someone at MS has dropped the ball here.  After deploying Edge Chromium to a test set of users every single one of them is screaming for real Chrome back.  They work with PDF files all day long and Edge Chromium's PDF functionality is just unacceptable. Why can't you get this working like real Chrome?  For now Edge Chromium has been removed and users are back and happy with real Chrome.  Slick move Microsoft.  Tick users off over something that should just be logical.