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Search the community and support articles Favorites, history, and downloads Microsoft Edge Search Community member. I have set FoxIt Reader to handle pdf files.

I have set Edge to not open PDF files. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 9. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Let's work on that. This is due to the default file app that will launch automatically when you click the file.

Follow the steps below to change this setting. Click Start, type Default app 2. Select Choose default apps by file type. This will take time loading and search for the. Change the corresponding file type to open to Foxit Reader.

Let me know if this helps. If not, let's continue working on it. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Have you tried other readers, like Adobe acrobat reader? To change the name of a PDF file you want to download, right-click the download link and select Save As.

However, downloading a PDF is still possible. By default, Google Chrome opens a PDF file in the browser window instead of saving it to the downloads folder.

To have PDF files open in the browser again, repeat these steps and select the Preview in Firefox option or Use other option to choose another program.

This must be a setting somewhere in the reader that I am not seen. Any advise on what I could do to achieve this would be helpful. Thank you Dave. Tags: None. My apologies I left out some the settings already looked at. Under Documents. Comment Post Cancel.

Thank you. Thank you for the reply. I have followed what you had mentioned unfortunately though it has brought the desired result. I have also checked my Addons and Foxit Reader is not installed as an addon, it is also the only pdf reader installed on the computer.