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title: "What Microsoft program can open PDF files?"  
description: "What Microsoft program can open PDF files?"  
author: "Lily Chitlangiya"  
published: 2022-01-18  
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category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["pdf file", "microsoft", "troubleshooting"]  
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# What Microsoft program can open PDF files?

What [Microsoft](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/85718/microsoft-accelerates-modern-bi-adoption-with-power-bi-premium) [program](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12337/scaling-up-your-mentorship-program) can open PDF [files](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23302/the-importance-and-advantage-of-keeping-your-important-files-on-the-cloud)?

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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- Right-click the thumbnail of any PDF file, and after that choose Properties.
- Within the file's Properties discussion box, click Alter.
- If you have got Acrobat DC or even both **Acrobat POWER** and Acrobat Viewer DC, choose Flagstone Acrobat DC, in addition, to clicking OK.
- Inside the Properties discussion box, click ALRIGHT.
- If you have got only Acrobat Viewer DC, choose Flagstone Acrobat Reader POWER and click ALRIGHT.

## [Read more](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95152/how-do-you-get-adobe-to-open-pdf-files)

### Answer by user

**On Windows 10, the default program for opening [PDF](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95160/how-do-i-find-recently-saved-pdf-files) files is Microsoft Edge.** You may make Acrobat DC or Acrobat Reader DC your default PDF software in four simple steps. \

1. Choose Properties from the context menu when you **right-click a PDF file's thumbnail.**
2. **Change the file's properties** in the Properties dialogue box.
3. **Choose Adobe Acrobat DC and click OK** if you have Acrobat DC or both Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC.
4. **Click OK** in the Properties dialogue box

**[Read more.](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95152/how-do-you-get-adobe-to-open-pdf-files)**\


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