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CrispyQ

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6. Try this:

Reply to mysteryowl (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 10:37 AM

Feb 2022

Click on the Windows start button in the bottom left hand corner. Find the Search bar & type in "file type." It should bring up a window labeled something like

Apps --> Default apps --> Choose defaults by file types

Below, will be a very long list of file extensions. Scroll down to .PDF & select what app you want to use for that file type.

I just updated Windows & my settings for PDF files changed, so maybe that's what happened to you, too.

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Hello wise ones. Question, why have my PDF's converted to Chrome icons? [View all] mysteryowl Feb 2022 OP

Somehow all of your PDF files ItsjustMe Feb 2022 #1

And... IrishAfricanAmerican Feb 2022 #2

Probably want to tell people if this is android/apple/windows with a question like this ... Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2022 #3

Thanks, I will try this. mysteryowl Feb 2022 #4

Try this: CrispyQ Feb 2022 #6

Great, thanks. I can try this first. mysteryowl Feb 2022 #7

The extension .pdf default has been changed Nictuku Feb 2022 #5

Oh! Brillant! mysteryowl Feb 2022 #8

So, Chrome did a take-over all on its own. mysteryowl Feb 2022 #9

You can 'read' .pdfs in Chrome and Edge Nictuku Feb 2022 #10

Thanks again. I am so glad I asked this question today. mysteryowl Feb 2022 #11