Cannot Disable PDF In Browser

[bjm2020]

I have several workstations that are unable to disable pdf documents from opening in internet explorer.  I have tried several suggestions around the web and these forums.  None of the solutions have worked.  I have tried the following:

Disabling the Internet Explorer Adobe PDF Reader Add On.

Adding the bBrowserIntegration Dword to the registry.

I have also uninstalled, cleaned, and reinstalled the adobe reader dc application. 

After all of this, this problem still persists. 

I am running Windows 10 Pro and Adobe Reader DC (Version 17.012.20095.42964)

Has anyone ran into any other solutions to this problem? 

[soumik011]

Hi,

Can you share with us the screenshot from IE settings > Manage Add-ons > select 'All Add-ons' from the drop down > Adobe PDF reader.

Regards

Soumik

[bjm2020]

It looks like I found the problem.  We had the plugin disabled with group policy on all workstations.  I removed the group policy setting and then had each user enable and then re-enable the plugin manually.  This worked.

Unfortunately, if I go put the group policy in place again, the problem still persists. 

Is there any way around this?