Making Adobe Reader Default for everything...

[newpersn]

Is there a way i can make adobe reader default for everything for around the school?

 

Getting annoyed with edge opening all pdf documents....

[timbo343]

Yeah, use the default application association in group policy.

 

The best way i found to do this is to login with domain admin or someone who has access to the default settings section in windows. Set Adobe Reader as the default for PDFs, use powershell to export the list using the code Dism /Online /Export-DefaultAppAssociations:\\Server\Share\AppAssoc.xml (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-GB/library/hh825038.aspx) and place the xml in a share (netlogon). Configure Group policy to look at this file.

[Localtechie]

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8744-export-import-default-app-associations-new-users-windows.html

 

This is what we used I think it only works for new users created after you have imported the assocations so not sure what to suggest for any users who already have a profile.

[timbo343]

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/8744-export-import-default-app-associations-new-users-windows.html

 

This is what we used I think it only works for new users created after you have imported the assocations so not sure what to suggest for any users who already have a profile.

 

The way i suggested works for users who already have a profile (as i found out today) after updating our file associations as its part of Computer Config rather than user config. Some users have Adobe Acrobat on their machines, now the updated default apps list has been applied, PDFs are opening with Adobe Reader instead.

 

The Policy you need to edit is:

 

Computer Config > Policies > Admin Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer > Set a default associations configuration file

Edited April 24, 2017 by timbo343