Step 1
Click on the Start Menu and select the settings icon.
Step 2
Click on the ‘Apps’ menu icon.
Step 3
On the left-hand side, select the ‘Default apps’ menu.
Step 4
Scroll down to the bottom of that page and select the ‘Choose default apps by file type option.’
Step 5
Scroll down until you find the .pdf file type.
Step 6
Then click on the icon to the right of the file extension and choose ‘Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’. If Adobe Acrobat is not an option, Google Chrome would be a sufficient alternative.
Step 7
If Microsoft’s Edge is the current default app, you will be prompted with a window titled ‘Before you switch.’ Select the ‘Switch anyway’ option.
