Acrobat Reader Default

Acrobat Reader DC is connected to Adobe Document Cloud, so you can work with your PDFs anywhere. You can even access and store files in Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, or Microsoft OneDrive to easily. When Acrobat is not set as the default PDF handler and it is launched, a dialog prompts whether to make Adobe Acrobat the default PDF application.

Download free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC software for your Windows, Mac OS and Android devices to view, print, and comment on PDF documents. If you have both Acrobat and Reader installed, removing the product that is the default PDF viewer can result in the other product failing to become. I have Acrobat 9, I am trying to make it the default program for PDF files. Valhalla reverb vst free. I have went about this in all the normal ways. However, I have run into an issue. I tried the open with, the option tells me.

Here's how to set a default pdf reader (tested with Win 10) depending on whether acrobat is installed.

8 Steps total

Step 1: Create two xml files

Create two xml files and add them to an accessible network share with read only permissions for the user/computers you wish to apply this for.

Step 2: XML File to set PDF reader as acrobat and chrome as default browser

Step 3: XML File to set chrome as the default browser and pdf reader

Step 4: Copy Files To Local Computer

Create a GPO and under: 'computer configuration → Preferences → Windows Settings → Files'
Create two files that are set to update. One file will have the source set to the acrobat xml file, and the other will have the source set to the chrome xml file. The XML file has the file to program association information set in it. Both should have the same target file which should be set to a local location on the computer which will be receiving this policy. On the next step, we decide which file actually gets copied.

Step 5: Check item level targeting

Go to the common tab and check the item level targeting checkbox and click the targeting button

Step 6: Set the first item level targeting filter for if acrobat is installed

For the file that has acrobat set as the default, add the condition to check if our program is installed, in this case, we check for the install folder. When you add this, click ok on the prompts and move to the next file.

Step 7: Set the second item level targeting

For the file that has chrome as the default, add the same condition as you did on the previous step, but invert it . (You can click on the item options button to get not statements) Click ok on this.

Step 8: Tell windows to use our xml file

Next, edit the preference item at
Computer Configuration → Policies → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → File Explorer → Set a Default Associations Configuration File
Set the default configuration file to the path of the file that you created earlier.

Congratulations, you're done. Be sure to test the GPO to make sure it works well.

References

• Adobe: Setting the Default PDF Viewer

8 Comments

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  spicehead-kvyw0 Sep 30, 2019 at 12:20pm

  Hi,

  this is very good. One question i still have.
  what Purpose is step 8. file and is that the originally file association file? Download editor mp3 free.

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  bhoffman.stapa Oct 10, 2019 at 02:16pm

  Used your method to base associations on whether Foxit Reader or Foxit PhantomPDF were installed and worked great. Thanks!

• Chipotle
  mberna Oct 17, 2019 at 02:40pm

  Sorry for the late reply.
  Step 8 tells windows to use the file associations file that we created instead of the default one. So for this, you'll tell it the path of the file that we copied onto our local drive in step 4.

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  spicehead-ttxsc Nov 21, 2019 at 10:28pm

  I don't see File Explorer in Step 8, please assist!

• Chipotle
  mberna Nov 21, 2019 at 10:43pm

  @spicehead-ttsxc

  The wizard doesn't have a file explorer/browse button at the window shown in step 8. You'll want to copy the path that you used at step 4 and type or paste it into the textbox in step 8.

  To make it easy, I set it to store on the local drive, but you could also use a network location as long as it is accessible by the computer the policy is being assigned to.

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  Kahi88 Jan 13, 2020 at 10:51pm

  Free search and download. Finally I found the proper way to do this.
  Great job!

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  Simpuhl May 19, 2020 at 03:56pm

  I used this example to set Acrobat/Chrome or Reader/Chrome depending on which PDF Program they had installed.

  Thank you

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  spicehead-g1s4o Mar 5, 2021 at 02:47pm

  Why can't i see comments on here? Very strange hmm.

The Acrobat/Acrobat Reader plug-in for web browsers relies on the cross-platform plug-in architecture NPAPI, which had been supported by all major web browsers for over a decade. The following browsers have dropped support for NPAPI, and therefore Acrobat/Acrobat Reader plug-in does not work on these browsers anymore to display the PDF.

• Mozilla Firefox (v52 and above)
• Google Chrome (September 2015 release onwards)
• Apple Safari (v12 and above)
• Microsoft Edge

For more information, see Change in support for Acrobat and Reader plug-ins in modern web browsers.

How To Make Adobe Pro Default

Internet Explorer 11 uses an ActiveX based plug-in. Follow the steps below to configure Internet Explorer to use the Acrobat/Acrobat Reader plugin for viewing PDFs:

Open Internet Explorer, and choose Tools > Manage Add-ons.

Under Add-on Types, select Toolbars and Extensions.

Select All Add-ons from the Show menu in the Manage Add-ons dialog box.




Note:

If you do not see the Adobe PDF Reader add-on, try the other options on the menu. For example, on some systems, the add-on appears when you select Run Without Permission.

Click the Enable or Disable button (it toggles depending on the status of the selected add-on):

Enable sets the Adobe PDF Reader add-on to open PDFs in the browser.

Disable turns off the add-on so it does not open PDFs in the browser.

Select Adobe PDF Reader, and click the Enable/Disable button.




For more information, see the Internet Explorer help topic Manage add-ons in Internet Explorer.

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