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Disable Infobar: Set Microsoft Edge as the default application for reading PDF files
Gunnar-Haslinger Hi! Just wanted to pass along one workaround to remove the infobar. I've heard that other organizations have enable the AlwaysOpenPdfExternally policy (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#alwaysopenpdfexternally).
The team is still discussing an enterprise policy to specifically disable the infobar and will keep you updated about that. Thanks!
-Kelly
MicrosoftGunnar-Haslinger Hi! Just wanted to pass along one workaround to remove the infobar. I've heard that other organizations have enable the AlwaysOpenPdfExternally policy (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#alwaysopenpdfexternally).
The team is still discussing an enterprise policy to specifically disable the infobar and will keep you updated about that. Thanks!
-Kelly
Kelly_Y, I can confirm that configuring that policy does indeed have a side effect of preventing the display of the Infobar but obviously that disables the functionality that some will be looking for (including me). We look forward to a policy targeting the disablement of the Infobar as encouraging the changing of file associations by end users is not desirable in our environment.
@Gunnar Haslinger, thanks for the info, I appreciate it.
Rob