How To Make Adobe Reader The Default

Both Acrobat and Reader can reside on the same machine, and the default handler can be set in the following ways:

1. How To Make Adobe Reader The Default Pdf
2. Make Adobe Acrobat My Default Pdf Application
3. Make Adobe Default Pdf Reader Windows 10

Select a pdf in the Finder and go File - Get Info In the Get Info Window Use the 'Open With' tab to select your preferred app, then click on 'Change All' to make it the default. 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.'. Adobe Reader does not have this capability. However, you can override an 'Initial View' magnification setting. Open Adobe Reader's Preferences. Select the Accessibility Category. Tick the box/boxes for 'Override Page Display'. Configure - OK out.

• Set the default handler at install time.

• Configure the installer prior to deployment via the Wizard or command line.

• After a product install, choose Preferences > General > Select Default PDF Handler.

Windows 8-10¶

System requirements¶

• Acrobat and Acrobat Reader: 11.x-DC

• Supported Platforms: Windows 8 and above

The problem¶

Admins often want to reliably set Acrobat and Reader as the default PDF owners on their organization's desktops. Since Windows 8, it has become more difficult for applications to take ownership of certain filetypes. Even when admins have a method for setting a default handler (described above), once the application is installed end users can change the file type associations via the Control Panel or with Right Click > Open With. Additionally, other applications sometimes force Windows to show an application selection dialog when a user clicks on a file, thereby allowing users to select a different application for that file type. Thus, since Windows 8, admins have little control over file type associations after installing an application.

Solution 1: DISM¶

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is a way to enforce file type associations. While it remains difficult to prevent users from selecting alternative default applications, Microsoft addresses this problem by providing DISM as a way for admins to reinstate the defaults when a user logs off and on.

While DISM is a command-line tool that is used to mount and service Windows images before deployment, it can also be used to set file type owners on Windows 8 and above. Admins can use the default application association-servicing commands to import, export, list, and remove the settings that specify which application opens a file based on the file name extension or protocol. Microsoft provides many DISM command line options for performing these steps.

Note

Some admins have been troubleshooting issues here: https://forums.adobe.com/message/10429439#10429439

Solution 2: GPO policy¶

You can also enforce the filetype via GPO policies. Using Group policy admins can force file associations each time a user logs in. This way even if a user changes the default PDF handler in a particular session or an OS update changes it, the next time the user logs in, it will be changed back to what the admin has specified.

To set the file handler via a GPO:

1. Download the sample file association files. These files include all the file types supported by Acrobat and Reader. To create your own XML files:

   1. Run an elevated command prompt on a machine that has your default application set correctly.

   2. Type Dism/Online/Export-DefaultAppAssociations:path>AppAssoc.xml. This creates an XML file that has all your file types and their current associations.

   3. Edit the XML file to include only the file associations that you wish to enforce.

Note

You can create different files for different groups in your organization. For example, one group may use Adobe Reader as the default while another uses Acrobat.

1. Place this XML on a shared network location or push this XML to all your machine-specific locations via a script. For example, C:WindowsSystem32 (do not use a user-specific location).

2. Set the XML configured with your preferences in a Windows 8 Group Policy setting, and enable the setting as follows:

   1. Open up the Group Policy MMC (open a command prompt and type gpedit.msc) on your Server 2012 instance.

   2. Locate the policy under ComputerConfigurationAdministrativeTemplatesWindowsComponentsFileExplorerSetadefaultassociationsconfigurationfile. This policy specifies the path for the XML file that can be either stored locally or on a network location.

Note

This is a machine-level policy. It is not possible to create user-level policy.

1. Enable the policy, and specify the location where you have stored the XML file. The corresponding registry entry is HKLMSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsSystemDefaultAssociationsConfiguration.

File associations will now be enforced on user logon.

Local Group Policy Editor

Set a file association configuration file

Limitations¶

1. The end user machine needs to be domain-joined for this method to work.

2. Users can change the file associations during the current session. However, admin settings are reinstated at next logon.

3. As of 5th Feb 2016, it is a known limitation of Windows 10 that when new user is created on the machine after enforcing the GPO Policy, then on first login ownership is not set. However, the correct settings are applied on subsequent logins.

Command line control (pre DC)¶

At install time, the last installed product will wrest ownership from the existing install. Change this behavior by using LEAVE_PDFOWNERSHIP=YES during a command line install.

Resetting the default PDF handler¶

Mainstage 3 3 download free. To make Reader the default PDF handler after installing Acrobat, find and run ADelRCP.exe in elevated mode. ADelRCP.exe is Acrobat's PDF handler program for Windows.

Affected ProgIDs for various products¶

Locking the PDF viewer¶

Admins can prevent end users from changing the setting by using the HKLM feature lockdown preference DisablePDFHandlerSwitching.

Note

This does not prevent users from changing PDF ownership using Windows Explorer.

Preferencesinclude settings such as panel positions, measurement options, and displayoptions for graphics and typography.

Thedifference between preferences and defaults is the area to whicheach applies. Preference settings specify the initial appearanceand behavior of certain InCopy features. Default settings applyto InCopy documents.

Note:

InCopy preference settings are fully scriptable.To share a consistent set of preferences across user groups, developa script to set the preferences, and then have all users in thegroup run the script on their computers. Don't copy and paste one user'spreferences files onto another computer, as doing so might causeapplication instability. For more information about scripting, seethe InCopy Scripting Guide on the Adobe website.

If you change settings when no documentsare open, your changes set the defaults for new documents. If adocument is open when you change settings, the changes affect onlythat document.

Similarly, if you change settings when no objectsare selected, your changes set the defaults for new objects.

Change any menu items or panel or dialog box settings.

Note:

How To Make Adobe Reader The Default Pdf

If you use the same page size and languagefor most of your documents, you can change these defaults with nodocument open. For example, to change the default page size, closeall documents, choose File > Document Setup,and select a desired page size. To set a default dictionary, closeall documents, choose Edit > Preferences >Dictionary (Windows) or InCopy >Preferences > Dictionary (Mac OS), and selectan option from the Language menu.

Change any menu items or panel or dialog box settings.

• (Windows) Start InCopy, and then pressShift+Ctrl+Alt. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete the preferencefiles.

• (Mac OS) While pressing Shift+Option+Command+Control,start InCopy. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete the preferencefiles.

ChooseEdit > Preferences > General (Windows) orInCopy > Preferences > General (Mac OS).
Click Reset All Warning Dialogs to display all warnings,even the ones you've already dismissed. (As warnings appear, youcan select an option to indicate you do not want to see the warningagain.)

Make Adobe Acrobat My Default Pdf Application

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is a way to enforce file type associations. While it remains difficult to prevent users from selecting alternative default applications, Microsoft addresses this problem by providing DISM as a way for admins to reinstate the defaults when a user logs off and on.

While DISM is a command-line tool that is used to mount and service Windows images before deployment, it can also be used to set file type owners on Windows 8 and above. Admins can use the default application association-servicing commands to import, export, list, and remove the settings that specify which application opens a file based on the file name extension or protocol. Microsoft provides many DISM command line options for performing these steps.

Note

Some admins have been troubleshooting issues here: https://forums.adobe.com/message/10429439#10429439

Solution 2: GPO policy¶

You can also enforce the filetype via GPO policies. Using Group policy admins can force file associations each time a user logs in. This way even if a user changes the default PDF handler in a particular session or an OS update changes it, the next time the user logs in, it will be changed back to what the admin has specified.

To set the file handler via a GPO:

1. Download the sample file association files. These files include all the file types supported by Acrobat and Reader. To create your own XML files:

   1. Run an elevated command prompt on a machine that has your default application set correctly.

   2. Type Dism/Online/Export-DefaultAppAssociations:path>AppAssoc.xml. This creates an XML file that has all your file types and their current associations.

   3. Edit the XML file to include only the file associations that you wish to enforce.

Note

You can create different files for different groups in your organization. For example, one group may use Adobe Reader as the default while another uses Acrobat.

1. Place this XML on a shared network location or push this XML to all your machine-specific locations via a script. For example, C:WindowsSystem32 (do not use a user-specific location).

2. Set the XML configured with your preferences in a Windows 8 Group Policy setting, and enable the setting as follows:

   1. Open up the Group Policy MMC (open a command prompt and type gpedit.msc) on your Server 2012 instance.

   2. Locate the policy under ComputerConfigurationAdministrativeTemplatesWindowsComponentsFileExplorerSetadefaultassociationsconfigurationfile. This policy specifies the path for the XML file that can be either stored locally or on a network location.

Note

This is a machine-level policy. It is not possible to create user-level policy.

1. Enable the policy, and specify the location where you have stored the XML file. The corresponding registry entry is HKLMSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsSystemDefaultAssociationsConfiguration.

File associations will now be enforced on user logon.

Local Group Policy Editor

Set a file association configuration file

Limitations¶

1. The end user machine needs to be domain-joined for this method to work.

2. Users can change the file associations during the current session. However, admin settings are reinstated at next logon.

3. As of 5th Feb 2016, it is a known limitation of Windows 10 that when new user is created on the machine after enforcing the GPO Policy, then on first login ownership is not set. However, the correct settings are applied on subsequent logins.

Command line control (pre DC)¶

At install time, the last installed product will wrest ownership from the existing install. Change this behavior by using LEAVE_PDFOWNERSHIP=YES during a command line install.

Resetting the default PDF handler¶

Mainstage 3 3 download free. To make Reader the default PDF handler after installing Acrobat, find and run ADelRCP.exe in elevated mode. ADelRCP.exe is Acrobat's PDF handler program for Windows.

Affected ProgIDs for various products¶

Locking the PDF viewer¶

Admins can prevent end users from changing the setting by using the HKLM feature lockdown preference DisablePDFHandlerSwitching.

Note

This does not prevent users from changing PDF ownership using Windows Explorer.

Preferencesinclude settings such as panel positions, measurement options, and displayoptions for graphics and typography.

Thedifference between preferences and defaults is the area to whicheach applies. Preference settings specify the initial appearanceand behavior of certain InCopy features. Default settings applyto InCopy documents.

Note:

InCopy preference settings are fully scriptable.To share a consistent set of preferences across user groups, developa script to set the preferences, and then have all users in thegroup run the script on their computers. Don't copy and paste one user'spreferences files onto another computer, as doing so might causeapplication instability. For more information about scripting, seethe InCopy Scripting Guide on the Adobe website.

If you change settings when no documentsare open, your changes set the defaults for new documents. If adocument is open when you change settings, the changes affect onlythat document.

Similarly, if you change settings when no objectsare selected, your changes set the defaults for new objects.

Change any menu items or panel or dialog box settings.

Note:

How To Make Adobe Reader The Default Pdf

If you use the same page size and languagefor most of your documents, you can change these defaults with nodocument open. For example, to change the default page size, closeall documents, choose File > Document Setup,and select a desired page size. To set a default dictionary, closeall documents, choose Edit > Preferences >Dictionary (Windows) or InCopy >Preferences > Dictionary (Mac OS), and selectan option from the Language menu.

Change any menu items or panel or dialog box settings.

• (Windows) Start InCopy, and then pressShift+Ctrl+Alt. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete the preferencefiles.

• (Mac OS) While pressing Shift+Option+Command+Control,start InCopy. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete the preferencefiles.

ChooseEdit > Preferences > General (Windows) orInCopy > Preferences > General (Mac OS).
Click Reset All Warning Dialogs to display all warnings,even the ones you've already dismissed. (As warnings appear, youcan select an option to indicate you do not want to see the warningagain.)

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