Purpose:
The purpose of this knowledge base article is to provide the steps on how to set Adobe Acrobat DC as your default PDF viewer.
How to:
- Go to the search field of your task bar and type Control Panel.
- Click Control Panel from the list of results.
- In the Control Panel, click Default Programs.
- Under Choose the programs that Windows uses by default, select Set your default programs.
- Select Choose default apps by file type.
- Under Choose default apps by file type β Associate file types with specific apps, locate the .pdf file.
- To the right of .pdf you will see the default app that is currently set. Click on it and from the Choose an app drop down menu select Adobe Acrobat DC.
The default app for .pdf file type will now be set to Adobe Acrobat DC.
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