Reassign the default desktop app association in Sharepoint

Question

On Sharepoint, using the Open > Open in app feature, I accidently set that app association to OneDrive instead of Adobe PDF. Due some bizarre backend permissions problem, my enterprise can't use OneDrive. I have searched everywhere for a way to change that extension association on sharepoint or reset it somehow, without success. There are literally hundreds of pages devoted to changing the default app open behavior to 'open using desktop app', which is NOT my problem. I need to reset that association so I change it to open a .pdf file using Adobe PDF reader and not OneDrive. Please help!

Answer 1

Hi @tc baker,

In essence, no PDF application out there (such as Adobe Reader) implements a Chrome plugin to automatically open in the desktop application. Chromium-based browsers will always have the PDF open in the browsers' renderer or OneDrive. So, until a company like Adobe produces a handler that allows for registration and opening in the desktop application, we're a bit out of luck here.

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