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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...
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    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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smokie128
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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.

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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

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    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.

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        SilverTiger69
        Copper Contributor
        Nov 24, 2020

        narutards Ah, I see it now.  Give me a break.  I'm 74 years old.

  • 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.
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    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

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