• How Do I Make Adobe My Default Pdf Reader
• Make Adobe My Default

System requirements¶ Acrobat and Acrobat Reader: 11.x-DC. Supported Platforms: Windows 8. Change Default PDF Viewer Windows 10 using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader DC from official and install it on your computer. If not installed already. Open the application and wait for few seconds. The dialogue box will appear with a message which reads “Make Adobe Acrobat Reader my default PDF application.”.

How Do I Make Adobe My Default Pdf Reader

When Acrobat is not set as the default PDF handler and it is launched, a dialog prompts whether to make Adobe Acrobat the default PDF application.

You can select the Do not show this message again check box to suppress the message.
Once the check box is selected, a registry key corresponding to it is preferred and is created at the registry path as follows:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareAdobe(product name)(version)AVAlertcCheckBox]
DWORD: iAppDoNotTakePDFOwnershipAtLaunch which is set to value 1
**If AVAlert or cCheckbox do not exist by default, then select the Do not show this message again check boxon the dialog box and then recheck.
For Windows 10, the name of the DWORD is iAppDoNotTakePDFOwnershipAtLaunchWin10
Possible values of this registry key are:
1: Do not show this message again
0: Show this message every time Acrobat is launched until it is set as the default PDF handler.
You can create the key manually or use it using deployment to suppress the message.

Answer

Make Adobe My Default

To set a PDF viewer as the default on Mac OS X:

1. Select any PDF file from Finder. Control-click to open the menu.
   Result: A menu will open next to the file name.
   
2. Choose Get Info from the menu that opens.
   Result: A new window will open with information on that PDF file.
   
3. From the Open with: section in the new window that opens, select your preferred application, such as Adobe Reader or Preview.
   Result: That application will be selected.
   
4. Click the Change All button. In the subsequent dialog box, click Continue.
   Result: The application that you selected will be the location in which PDFs open.
   

To set a PDF viewer as the default on Windows

• If no other PDF viewer is installed, once Adobe Reader is installed, it becomes the default.
• To set a preferred PDF viewer as the default:
  • Windows 7:
    1. Follow the menu path Start > Default Programs > Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program
    2. Highlight .pdf, then click Change.
    3. Choose your preferred PDF viewer, such as Adobe Reader.
  • In Windows XP
    1. Follow the menu path Start > Control Panel > Folder Options > File Types.
  • In Windows 10
    See: Tech Minute's Instructions

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