Then, select the checkbox Always use this app to open. On the new pop up, select Microsoft Edge program application to open the PDF file.Now select PDF file option and then click on Change program.Go to Control Panel, click Default Programs and then select “ Associate a file type or protocol with a program”.Set the MS Edge PDF reader as the default PDF viewer. Solution 1 – Changing default PDF viewing setting in MS Edge.You can try for the following three solutions one by one and self experience the results or outcomes. Also, with MS Edge, there is always a security threat by hackers and because of these interruptions the users are unable to access PDF files with MS Edge. This error may arise because of the already installed PDF readers program their interruptions with MS Edge caused corruption errors in PDF files. Unlike other Windows versions those supported opening PDF files with other readers it solely opens and previews PDFs primarily.īecause of some limitations with MS Edge, for example – minimal access controls (zoom in & zoom out), sending PDF attachment in Outlook and some other convenient features, the users install other PDF readers (Adobe Acrobat, Foxit Reader, Acrobat Reader, etc.) Sometimes, while trying to open the PDF files, there pops up an error like this – “PDF could not open in Edge” Microsoft Edge definitely acts as a default PDF viewer for the documents but remains as default even when any other PDF reader like Acrobat reader is installed. It means it will automatically open the PDF documents. This newly introduced browser Microsoft Edge is the default PDF viewer as well in system with Windows 10. It is just same as the Internet Explorer comes as a default web browser with earlier versions of Windows 7 or 8. MS Edge comes as a default web browser when you install Windows 10.

Default program to open pdf files