Tuesday, 26 March 2019

Set Adobe Reader as default program, override Microsoft Edge as default PDF program

Cause: legacy software installed in Windows 10 computer. 

Solution Method 1:

Uninstall the legacy software. (The most efficient way)


Solution Method 2:

1. First, set Adobe Reader as default program.


2. Export current "running default program" to xml.

    Run powershell or command prompt as administrator. Execute command below:

    Dism /Online /Export-DefaultAppAssociations:C:\TempAA.xml




3. Open the C:\TempAA.xml with notepad. Copy the contents and paste to new notepad, and name as OEMDefaultAssociations.xml 

4. Copy and replace the OEMDefaultAssociations.xml to %systemroot%\system32 (C:\windows\system32). (Do a backup before you replace the original file)