Opening a PDF File from a Browser

[Desertfox6]

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.

[Kamil5C2D]

+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]

It is not a Adobe bug!

It is a setting of the browers.

[Desertfox6]

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

[Kamil5C2D]

1. Sorry, but you are not telling the truth! This is a bug! And I can prove it quickly!
   Fast to reproduce:
   Set as default in Adobe Acrobat = still opens in Chrome
   Set as default in Foxit Reader 10 = it works perfectly

This is 100% bug

other tools also work perfectly here, just not in Adobe Acrobat.
Tested on different computers and at IT!

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

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.

[Desertfox6]

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

[Desertfox6]

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.

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

You may need to install the Google Chrome Acrobat extension for that.

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

This might provide more info.: https://support.clio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004070574-How-Do-I-Stop-My-PDF-Documents-From-Opening-...

and also this:

https://www.howtogeek.com/237512/how-to-change-the-default-pdf-reader-in-windows-10/

Frankly, if you do a simple search you will find this is a common issue and you will find similar answers all over.

[Desertfox6]

Ok thanks! You know, I didn't have this problem with my other computer until the agency I work for just switched mine out. Now it's a pain in the ass when using IE or Edge. I don't use Chrome that much, maybe I need to try it more often.

[Kamil5C2D]

But why disable in Chrome when it should open in Adobe by default. This is a tool error because I have a lot of other tools and they open correctly by default. This is a bug in Adobe!

[Kamil5C2D]

Defect/bug setting:

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

Because Chrome is the one changing the rules. You may very well have set Acrobat as the default PDF Reader, but that only applies to files that reside on your computer and ones you have downloaded. Chrome is intervening and opening any PDF your are getting on the web and displaying it in the Browser because that's what it's settings are telling it to do.

[Kamil5C2D]

And that's interesting, because this problem only occurs in Adobe.
I have tons of other PDF readers on my computer, and they open in the program, not the browser.
That's why it's an Adobe error, and it's that Chrome intervening something.
I wrote to 'Chrome's help Community' and they said, all the time, that it was an Adobe issue and that's where to report it!

[Kamil5C2D]

Try another program (OTHER TOOLS PDF READER) and you will see for yourself who is right. You or the powerful support of Chrome developers! this is a bug in Adobe !!!

[Joey27289517np7v]

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]

What happens when you open the file?

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

The setting is within Chrome itself, not on your OS.

• In Chrome, go to the “Menu” icon, then choose “Settings“.
• In the “Privacy and Security” section, select “Site Settings“.
• Select “Additional content settings”.
• Scroll down and select “PDF documents“.
• Switch the “Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Chrome” to “On“.
• PDF files will download now like any other file without Chrome intervening. You can then view that PDF in whatever viewer you have installed, be it Acrobat Reader (Free) or the full Acrobat (not Free), or a third party viewer. You CAN still view PDFs in Chrome after the fact if you didn't have any sort of reader, but that's not a good solution. It depends on what you have setup as your default PDF program in your OS. If you right-click on a PDF file, you can see what currently set (at top) to open PDFs, and also the list of all programs on your computer that CAN open PDFs (at right), including browsers
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"Why do I need adobe then?"

Do you mean, why do I need Acrobat?  Technically, you don't, as long as you have some sort of reader installed in your System. The big caveat there is that there is no guarantee a third-party viewer or web browser will display your PDF 100% correctly, as these viewers are rudimentary at best. Depends on how well they were designed to follow the PDF specifications; some are better than others, but historically, web-based viewers are the worst. Using Acrobat Reader is the best option as it's 100% compatible with PDF spec since Adobe wrote the specs!