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Desertfox6
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June 23, 2021
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Opening a PDF File from a Browser

  • June 23, 2021
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When I open a PDF in Edge, IE, or Chrome; it opens it in another tab as oppose to the Adobe program. I have already did the file association to open PDF with Adobe as default in Windows, but is there another settings I need to go to do make sure that when I click on a link to open a PDF file in a browser that it opens in Adobe as oppose to another tab in the browser.

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    Joey27289517np7v
    New Participant
    November 24, 2022

    I have the same problem. I went to Chrome in default programs and it doesn't show me that it should open PDF files first. I need to open this file legalfiles.com

    And I can't do it. Why do I need adobe then?

    Bernd Alheit
    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    November 24, 2022

    What happens when you open the file?

    Brad @ Roaring Mouse
    Brad @ Roaring Mouse
    Community Expert
    June 23, 2021

    It's a browser setting. has nothing to do with Windows file associations, nor Adobe

     

    You can turn it off... here's a link to how to do it in Chrome

    https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-enable-disable-chrome-pdf-viewer-4769436

     

    You will find similar setting in Firefox, etc.

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    Desertfox6Author
    New Participant
    June 23, 2021

    Thanks! Do you have a link for instructions in IE and Edge?

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    Desertfox6Author
    New Participant
    June 23, 2021

    Also, when I did follow that instructions for Chrome, it changed it to download. I prefer that when I click on the link, it opens the file in Adobe, not the browser.

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    Kamil5C2D
    Known Participant
    June 23, 2021

    +1 issue

     

    I have the same identical problem!
    This is annoying. Despite being associated with Adobe, it is
    opens in Chrome in a tab instead of in Adobe. This is an Adobe bug!

    Bernd Alheit
    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    June 23, 2021

    It is not a Adobe bug!

    It is a setting of the browers.

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      Desertfox6Author
      New Participant
      June 23, 2021

      Would you happen to have the instructions to change the settings in IE or Edge? It is annoying as @Kamil5C2D  had indicated.

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