

Here are some quick instructions about changing defaults in Windows 10, and specifics on the extra step to set the default PDF viewer. Why, now there are rumors that the settings for fonts may be moved out of Control Panel where they have been moldering almost unchanged for twenty years. Control Panel is still there with most things intact, but it’s been hidden and there are holes in it like the missing default settings to irritate IT pros.

well, let’s just leave it at slowly, shall we? Last fall the settings for default programs were moved into the Settings app. Microsoft is moving Windows settings out of Control Panel and into the modern Windows 10 Settings app, making progress slowly but. The process for changing defaults has changed in the last year, so this is a refreshed version of those instructions.

Still worth checking when you get a new computer.) The first few items on the checklist are all concerned with defaults – for web browsing, mail, and viewing PDFs. The problem is that Microsoft has made Edge the default app for opening PDF files.Ī couple of years ago I wrote a guide to setting up Windows 10, with info about the steps most people should take to smooth out the rough edges in Windows 10. You will wince and possibly scream involuntarily. That’s the last time we want to see Microsoft Edge, the uninspiring Windows 10 web browser.Īt some point, though, you will click on a PDF and Edge will open up. The first thing everyone does with a new computer is install Google Chrome.
