PDF tries to open in Edge

[chekmate1984]

Hi all

 

we have blocked Edge on site. When a student logs in any pdf is opened by edge. In file associations we have made sure PDF is opened by acrobat, but seems when student logs on default is still edge. See below, only one thing to note is towards bottom READ i assumed is also pdf reader so amended that as earlier it was set to Edge. Any ideas what i need to change?

 

 

 

 

[ComboSmith]

Do students have read access to the file associations txt file? Edited November 16, 2018 by ComboSmith

[chekmate1984]

Do students have read access to the file extensions txt file?

 

sorry not sure what you mean there, how can i check?

[ComboSmith]

Sorry I meant file associations. Are you storing the file in a share where students can access it to read the associations? I had a similar issue a while back where they didn't have access and so they just got the defaults

[chekmate1984]

interesting, its stored in net logon folder, i have other file association that has worked for them in past just not this one, have given student read access and will see bit later if that was the culprit ! lol

thanks

[denmyos]

interesting, its stored in net logon folder, i have other file association that has worked for them in past just not this one, have given student read access and will see bit later if that was the culprit ! lol

thanks

Did you ever find a solution to this problem.

I have been trying high and low to get acrobat reader to be the default .pdf reader, but what ever we do it always end up with edge as the default reader.

[PD1279]

How do you install Adobe Reader ? We used to do this through group Policy via an MSI which had been configured using their configurator, then you should be able to set this as default during the configuration >> https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Wizard/WizardDC/index.html

[denmyos]

How do you install Adobe Reader ? We used to do this through group Policy via an MSI which had been configured using their configurator, then you should be able to set this as default during the configuration >> https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Wizard/WizardDC/index.html

 

 

Thank you i'll have a look at it.

[PD1279]

On the website is also the DISM/GPO setting to help as well, as you may just need that

[denmyos]

How do you install Adobe Reader ? We used to do this through group Policy via an MSI which had been configured using their configurator, then you should be able to set this as default during the configuration >> https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Wizard/WizardDC/index.html

 

We have already tried both gpo and Dism nothing seems to work, even if i log in as admin it still doens't work.

The .xml file I dism "out" is placed in the user netlogon where user have reader access to.

 

I have also tried gpo both local and domain policies, still no cigar.

Also made a xml package in Sccm and put the xml package in a Task Sequence, and used this command line "dism.exe /online /Import-DefaultAppAssociations:"DefaultApps.xml"" to Import it into the image during the deployment of the OS.

 

Still doens't work.

 

[Lucasosborne]

I had the same issue using the XML where Edge would decide to ignore the settings and take over PDF's. I managed to find a *couple* of reg edits to stop it. Applying these alongside the XML has worked well for us with no issues that I know of. If you do test these edits make sure the path is correct as the edge folder name may change.

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AppXd4nrz8ff68srnhf9t5a8sbjyar1cr723]"NoOpenWith"="""NoStaticDefaultVerb"=""[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AppXd4nrz8ff68srnhf9t5a8sbjyar1cr723\Application]"ApplicationName"="@{Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_41.16299.551.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe?ms-resource://Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge/Resources/AppName}""ApplicationCompany"="Microsoft Corporation""ApplicationIcon"="@{Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_41.16299.551.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe?ms-resource://Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge/Files/Assets/MicrosoftEdgeSquare44x44.png}""ApplicationDescription"="ms-resource:AppDescription""AppUserModelID"="Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge"[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AppXd4nrz8ff68srnhf9t5a8sbjyar1cr723\DefaultIcon]@="@{Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_41.16299.551.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe?ms-resource://Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge/Files/Assets/MicrosoftEdgePDF.png}"[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AppXd4nrz8ff68srnhf9t5a8sbjyar1cr723\Shell]@="open"[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AppXd4nrz8ff68srnhf9t5a8sbjyar1cr723\Shell\open]"ActivatableClassId"="MicrosoftEdge.AppXxat4m5y1bf9ghax409y1vwyatpqea4s8.mca""PackageId"="Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_41.16299.551.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe""ContractId"="Windows.File""DesiredInitialViewState"=dword:00000000[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AppXd4nrz8ff68srnhf9t5a8sbjyar1cr723\Shell\open\command]"DelegateExecute"="{4ED3A719-CEA8-4BD9-910D-E252F997AFC2}"

Edited March 5, 2019 by Lucasosborne

[denmyos]

I had the same issue using the XML where Edge would decide to ignore the settings and take over PDF's. I managed to find a *couple* of reg edits to stop it. Applying these alongside the XML has worked well for us with no issues that I know of. If you do test these edits make sure the path is correct as the edge folder name may change.

 

Ok thank you,, i'll have a look at that too.

[Arthur]

In file associations we have made sure PDF is opened by acrobat

Which version of Acrobat / Reader are you using? Old versions can cause the behaviour you are seeing in Windows 10.

 

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20170517-00/?p=96175