Default PDF handler changes to Edge on every boot or login to Windows

Question

Hi there,

I have around 30 people in our org who since last week have started to see that Edge is defaulting to the be the default PDF handler over Adobe Acrobat whenever they boot the machine or log out and log back into Windows. Nothing has changed from us IT to cause this behavior. We also have a policy in Intune which forces Acrobat to be the default handler and we've had that policy in place for over a year now but only recently has this issue come up. Is this a known bug that has recently started?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Good day Eddiethebanished! I would suggest to post this query to our neighbor forum from the link below as this is best suited in there. They are more oriented on with regards to this type queries/issues and there will be IT Pros and Gurus/System Admins/IT Admins and the likes who has the same deployment or setup in this type of environment and are available that will be able to fulfill your query out there.

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Regards,

Paul R.

Answer 2

Microsoft looks for every opportunity to FORCE users to use Edge and othert Microsoft products vs. much better and more efficient and effective products such as Chrome, Foxit, Adobe, etc. They're doing the same thing not fixing the default calendar alert times in Outlook 365 app so that iOS users will switch to MS (this has been widely reported for 4 moniths now, but MS has done NOTHING to fix it). Functions that have worked perfectly with competitor's apps and software for years are disabled by Microsoft. What a monopoly. No wonder so many people hat Microsoft.

Answer 3

Thank you