make Acrobat default NOT reader

[TVJerry]

I just installed Reader DC and now when I "print" a document, it defaults to Reader instead of Acrobat (which means I can't add logo, etc). How do I get the print to default to Acrobat? I've looked at the printer and Acrobat settings and can't find a choice. At this point my option is to uninstall Reader DC. Windows OS.

[AadeshSingh]

Hi TVJerry,

Open Acrobat, navigate to Edit menu -> Preferences -> General -> Select as Default PDF Handler.

Let me know if it fixed your issue.

Regards,

Aadesh

[TVJerry]

Guess I should have mentioned that I have Acrobat 9. That option is not available under General (I checked preferences already and couldn't find anything apporpriate).

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Right-click any PDF file and select Open with - Choose default program... Then select Acrobat from the list and tick the box to make it the new default application for this file-type.

[jasondef13]

I am having this same problem.  I have Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, and want it to be the default program to open pdf files, NOT Acrobat Reader DC.  I have done all the above mentioned help, to make Acrobat the default program.  Yet when I open a pdf file, it STILL opens with reader!

Like TVJERRY above, I too do not have the option of navigating to Edit menu -> Preferences -> General -> Select as Default PDF Handler, that option does not exist in the Preferences General.

When I try to right click on a file, and select Open with - Choose default program, and I go to select Acrobat, it says "Continue using Acrobat as the default program?"  indicating that it is already set as the default program.  Yet it still does not open with Acrobat.

I will uninstall Reader if I cannot get this to work.  But the problem with that is, every now and then when I view web content, I have to re-install it to view an online pdf document sometimes, so that is not a real viable option.  But I will result to that if I have to, as that is a pain only every now and then, rather than the constant pain of Reader opening a pdf rather than Acrobat every time.

Any help?  Thanks in advance!

[try67]

Acrobat 9 and Reader DC are not compatible versions. This kind of problem is to be expected if you have them both installed at the same time.

[dsapadin]

But if you uninstall DC it screws up Acrobat 9

[try67]

If that's the case it's because they were never meant to be installed simultaneously. Choose one and stick with it.

[sbmerk]

What do you mean "tick the box"? I don't see that as an option. I have made all options on my computer to open pdfs with Acroabt 9 Pro and yet when I click on a file it opens in Reader.