Want Reader to open a downloaded PDF automatically/ Chrome

[TheClamkinator]

A couple of similar questions are posted, but they are for an earlier Chrome release, or a different setup?

I'm on Chrome version 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (32-bit), and Adobe Reader XI, v. 11.0.03.

I'd like Chrome to open a PDF after I download it from the down-arrow icon on a web page. These articles offer related advice:

- Enable Create PDF extension for Google Chrome, Adobe Acrobat

- I updated Adobe and now my documents download but don't automatically open?

- PDF file opens automatically after download

... As does this Help topic:

Display PDF in browser Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat Reader

(had to enter many searched to got to it! Lack of indexing, maybe?)

These either explain how to do the reverse (no auto-open), or refer to Chrome v. 30-ish, or I do not have the hamburger icon, or the responder says the option is controlled by the sending web page, not Reader. (The multi answers seem to indicate the the last option here might not be so.

The non-hamburger right corner has only the three-stacked-dots menu. I also went to Settings > Tools, and all the settings, and couldn't find an Apps list.

[AkanchhaS · Accepted solution]

Hey TheClamkinator,

We apologize for the delay in response.  

I'd like Chrome to open a PDF after I download it from the down-arrow icon on a web page. These articles offer related advice:

Chrome has its own inbuilt settings to perform some action automatically. Opening the downloaded document automatically should already be set as default. However, in your case its reversed.

We suggest you to follow the settings mentioned below-

• Open chrome://flags in chrome browser
• Search "click-to-open-pdf"
• Change it to "Default" or if it is disabled then enable it.

Regards,

Akanchha