Steps to make Acrobat Reader DC or Acrobat DC your default PDF program: Right-click the thumbnail of a PDF file, and then choose Properties. In the file’s Properties dialog box, click Change. If your computer settings are managed by a system administrator, you may not see the Change button.
Scroll to the bottom of the right column and click on Choose default apps by file type. Locate the file type you need to set a default app for ( PDF for this example).
Open up the Group Policy MMC (open a command prompt and type gpedit. msc) on your Server 2012 instance. Enable the policy, and specify the location where you have stored the XML file.
How do you set Adobe Acrobat as default?
Method 2 Method 2 of 3: Using the Default App Settings (Windows)Click the search button. It’s either a magnifying glass or a circle to the right of the Start menu. Type default app into the search bar. A list of matches will appear. Click Default app settings. Scroll down and click Choose default app by file type. Some extra ideas to examine: click the current default app, scroll down to find the “pdf” format, and click adobe acrobat reader dc.
Open Adobe Acrobat from the START menu in Windows. When you run it for the first time, it will come up with the prompt below. Click on the., and button. Adobe Acrobat will come up with an interactive tutorial that goes like this ….. Click on the., and button.
How do I change from Adobe Acrobat Reader to Acrobat DC?
To the right of .pdf, click on the shown option (probably Edge). From the drop-down list select either Adobe Acrobat Reader DC or Acrobat DC. You can now close the Settings window.
You could be wondering “How do I open a PDF file in Acrobat DC?”
If you have Acrobat DC or both Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC, choose Adobe Acrobat DC and click OK. If you have only Acrobat Reader DC, choose Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and click OK. In the Properties dialog box, click OK. Now, the PDF files open in Acrobat Reader DC or Acrobat DC.
How do I change the default owner of a PDF file?
Solution: Set Acrobat or Reader as the default PDF owner. In the file’s Properties dialog box, click Change. Choose Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat, and then click OK. In the Properties dialog box, click OK.