Unlike other browsers, Firefox only uses internal settings to select a PDF viewer. Open the "Firefox" menu, click "Options" and open "Applications." Scroll down to "Portable Document Format (PDF)." ...

Microsoft Edge is pretty good at reading PDFs. If you are interested in basic reading, then Edge will suffice. That being said, Windows is all about the freedom of deciding what you want to use, so if ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Nearly every computer these days comes with a PDF viewer, a program that allows you to read, print, and sometimes edit a PDF file. In the newest ...

Portable document format (PDF) files remain a popular choice for business documents ranging from contracts and forms to manuals and reports, so there's a good chance you need to open them often.

Windows 11 (and Windows 10, which reached end of support in October 2025) lets you assign default apps for file types, protocols, and links. But a persistent and frustrating bug causes these settings ...

Windows 11/10 almost forces users to use Microsoft Edge as the default application for everything, from browsing the internet to opening PDF files. The Chromium version of the Edge browser is ...