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emrea5328891
emrea5328891
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December 22, 2016
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Windows 10 '.PDF' default app association either Adobe Acrobat DC or Adobe Reader XI

  • December 22, 2016
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Hi all,

I am confronted with a problem, where im sure that you can assist me.

In Windows 10 the default app association for the '.PDF' extension is the Edge browser.
Thats a little bit unattractive, because our we are installing Adobe Reader on each client machine as default. If the client needs the Adobe Acrobat, we are uninstall the Adobe Reader first and than install the Adobe Acrobat.

So the big question is, how can we make sure that the default association for '.PDF' is Adobe Reader (if Adobe Reader is installed on the machine) or Adobe Acrobat (if Adobe Acrobat is installed on the machine)?

I know the method over DISM with exporting the default app association in XML, that no problem. But how can integrate the logic as our requirement (which is mentionet above) into the XML??

I also read this article, but there is not mentoining regarding the swich default app association from Adobe Reader to Adobe Acrobat:

Setting the Default PDF Viewer — Enterprise Administration Guide

Thank you in advance.

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Meenakshi Negi
Community Manager
Meenakshi NegiCommunity Manager
Community Manager
January 23, 2017

Hi emrea5328891,

Sorry for the delay in response.

You can refer the steps provided in this help link: Associate PDF files to always open in Acrobat or Reader on Windows 10

However it has to be done individually on each machine.

The link you have shared above provide the steps to set the default PDF viewer at the time you deploy the application.

Let us know if it helps.

Regards.

Meenakshi

emrea5328891
emrea5328891Author
Participating Frequently
May 23, 2017

Hi meenakshin83966505,

that's no problem. The question is how can we manage this while the installation automatically?
Let's say the client machine has no installation of reader. So the first requirement is to install Adobe Reader on his machine and set the default app association for .PDF the Adobe Reader. -> How can I do this while a installation over batch for example.

Second requirement is to install on a client machine with Adobe Reader the Adobe Acrobat (because he has requested). So the step would be, that we first uninstall Adobe Reader on that machine and install after that the Adobe Acrobat (over a batch installations file). How is that possible to set the default app extension '.PDF' for Adobe Acrobat, during the installation ?

Note all of the installations will happen over a script.

Thank you.

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