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Anonymous
January 17, 2019
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Set default Acrobat (DC versus X pro for specific users) in Microsoft RDS environment

  • January 17, 2019
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Hello,

I have a single server Microsoft Windows Server 2016 RDS environment. (So a single remote desktop server).

I have Adobe Acrobat X professional for some users.

I have Adobe Acrobat DC for standard users.

The Acrobat X pro users are the only ones able to open the Acrobat X pro software (NTFS rights).

The problem is that all users on the server by default have Acrobat DC open pdf files. And the Acrobat X pro users would like Acrobat X pro te be the default program to open PDF's.

How can I make sure that specific users on the server open Acrobat X pro, and not the free Acrobat when double clicking a PDF file?

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There is no free Acrobat which makes me think you mean "Acrobat Reader DC" is installed along with Acrobat X.  While you can set the default PDF viewer (see Setting the Default PDF Viewer — Enterprise Administration Guide), that setting is a machine level setting which cannot be set per user.

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January 17, 2019

There is no free Acrobat which makes me think you mean "Acrobat Reader DC" is installed along with Acrobat X.  While you can set the default PDF viewer (see Setting the Default PDF Viewer — Enterprise Administration Guide), that setting is a machine level setting which cannot be set per user.

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Anonymous
January 18, 2019

Thank you for confirming this, you are right, It was about "Acrobat Reader DC".

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