In this article let us discuss the different ways of changing Microsoft Edge from being the default PDF reader. First, let us see how to change the settings in Microsoft Edge to download PDF files instead of opening them.
Step 3: In the Settings window, Choose Cookies and site permissions on the left-hand side, and within that choose PDF documents on the right-hand side. This is a quick workaround that can be followed to download the pdf file in the Microsoft Edge browser. Now let us see how to open the downloaded file in the PDF viewer of our choice. It includes essential functions to view, read, print the PDF files, and also allows adding notes and highlights. Also, for files opened by a link from a web site, it shows a save button to download and save such file locally to your computer.
Note: The default behavior can be easily restored by reverting the above steps, i. Alternatively, you can apply a Group Policy tweak for Microsoft Edge and force enable or force disable the open PDFs feature for all users. Let's review this method as well.
The above tweak uses the AlwaysOpenPdfExternally policy which is supported in the browser starting in Edge When the PDF file download option is configured via the group policy option, users won't be able to change in Edge settings. The enforcement will be applied to all user accounts on your computer. It is not set by default, so users can manage the Always open PDF files externally setting in the browser as described in the first method in this post.
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Thanks for your support! Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer from Russia who started Winaero back in This looks like a hack for some legacy browsers. Always use the correct mimetype if you can. NOTE: I prefer setting the filename on the server side as you may have more information and can use common code. If you are using HTML5 and I guess nowadays everyone uses that , there is an attribute called download.
Here filename is optional, but if provided, it will take this name for the downloaded file. If you don't want the browser to prompt the user then use "inline" for the third string instead of "attachment". Inline works very well. The PDF display immediately without asking the user to click on Open.
I've used "attachment" and this will prompt the user for Open, Save. I've tried to change the browser setting nut it doesn't prevent the prompt. I had the same issue and most of the above answers should resolve your issue. After brainstorming and trying for many hours. The Culprit was firefox , well in a way it was me. Nervous Laughter. By default , when you open a pdf file in firefox, it will provide you with a popup to either save the pdf file or to open it directly and there is also a check box which says do this action automatically from now on and guess who selected it.
Due to this mistake, my pdf was being downloaded rather than viewed , even if had all the required headers in response. This is a simple mistake but cost me a good amount of time. To resolve this, just go to settings and search for applications and change pdf setting to whatever you need.
If the PDF file is inside some folder and that folder doesn't have permission to access files in that folder directly then you have to bypass some file access restrictions using. If you link to a. PDF it will open in the browser. If the box is unchecked it should link to a. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. How do I force files to open in the browser instead of downloading PDF? Ask Question. Asked 10 years, 5 months ago. Active 5 months ago. Viewed k times. I tried using the embed tag and an iframe, but it only works when that option is checked.
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