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CEverly
May 24, 2023Copper Contributor
Opening PDF attachments in Outlook to default PDF viewer
My Outlook was updated to the newest version a few days ago and I'm having issues with opening PDF attachments in my default PDF viewer. Before, you could click the attachment in the email and get a...
SBonilla
Apr 24, 2026Copper Contributor
And they still have not done anything about this. its disturbing to have to download everything that comes in because it cant be opened in a generic pdf viewer even if something else is chosen by default. I want to be able to use another pdf viewer besides adobe.
Hornblower409
Apr 25, 2026Iron Contributor
SBonilla wrote:it cant be opened in a generic pdf viewer even if something else is chosen by default. I want to be able to use another pdf viewer besides adobe.
Not sure I understand. For me, using New Outlook for windows, if I right-click on a PDF attachment, or click the down-arrow, and choose "Open"
I get the standard File Open warning dialog and then it opens in Sumatra PDF, my Windows Default PDF viewer.
What is different for you? What PDF viewer do you have set as your Windows Default?