How to change default PDF reader in Windows 10 to Adobe Acrobat Reader Foxit reader etc

How to change default PDF reader in Windows 10 to Adobe Acrobat Reader Foxit reader etc

Windows 10 has set Microsoft Edge as the default PDF reader application. Each time you open a .pdf file, it will open in the Edge browser even after you’ve installed alternatives like Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit pdf reader. However, you can easily change the default PDF reader to an app of your choice in Windows 10. There are two ways you can change default PDF app from Microsoft Edge to Acrobat Reader, Foxit reader or other options. The first method is by via “Default apps” option in Windows 10 system settings and another method is by using “open with” option by right clicking on the pdf file and enabling “Always use this app to open pdf files”. Here are the detail steps for both methods of assigning any third party PDF viewer as default in Windows 10: (Note: You can use the same methods to select and set default applications for any file types.)

Setting default PDF reader via Windows 10 settings

1. Press Start (windows key)
2. Click on “Settings” >> System >> Default Apps
3. Scroll down and click “choose default apps by file type”
4. Scroll down until you see .pdf file type
5. Click on the default app (which could be Microsoft Edge if you’re a new Windows 10 user)
6. From the list you can now select any pdf viewer app you have installed on your PC

Step 3: Choosing default apps by file type

Setting default PDF viewer via “Open with” option

1. Right click on any PDF file or ebook. Click “Open with”
2. Now you will see a list of apps that you can select to open your PDF file but don’t click it yet
3. Select “choose another app”
4. If your installed PDF reader/viewer is on the list click on it and enable “Always use this app to open .pdf files”.
5. If you don’t see the installed PDF viewer app, select “More apps” and you will see more options.
6. If you still don’t find the app that you want to set as default PDF viewer, scroll down and select “Look for another app on this PC”. Now, you will have to browse to the location where the PDF app is installed and select it or its shortcut.

Step 1: Open with >> Choose another app

Step 5: More Apps

Step 6: Browsing the PC for PDF viewer application 

Setting default PDF reader via Adobe Acrobat Reader

If you want to set Adobe Acrobat Reader as default PDF viewer, you can do it from the app itself. Open Adobe Reader. From the toolbar, go to “edit” >> preferences >> general. There you will find the option to make Acrobat Reader the default PDF reader or writer in Windows 10.

download now

Read More

How to change default search to Google in Edge Win 10

How to change default search to Google in Edge Win 10

If you recently upgraded to Windows 10 Microsoft Edge you get a cool new browser called Microsoft Edge. The new browser has "Bing" setup as the default search engine or default web address, and many would like to change that to "Google". Bing is not bad, it does list a lot of relevant pages for your search, but its not yet comparable to Google. The browser setting of Edge is a little different from other browsers (Chrome, firefox etc). The settings look like the settings of a mobile browser. The steps below will show you how to change default search engine from Bing to Google in Microsoft Edge for Windows 10:

How to change default search to Google in Edge browser for Win 10

1. Open Edge Browser and then browse to google.com
2. Go to settings by clicking on the three dots (...) or "more action" icon on the top right.
3. Click "View Advanced Settings"
4. scroll down and find "Search in the address bar with" >> Click on the dropdown menu
5. click "Add new"
6. Click"www.google.com" >> select "add as default"

Now your default search engine or default web address is set to Google from "Bing". Whenever you do a search you will get Google search results. Checkout these screenshots if you are confused on any of the steps above:

Microsoft Edge "Settings" menu

Selecting default search address

Setting Google search as the default search engine

download now

Read More

How to change default browser in Windows 10

How to change default browser in Windows 10

If you went with the “clean install” option for Windows 10 upgrade, your previous app settings will be changed and windows applications will be set by default to open most of your files including email, videos, PDFs and web browser. The Microsoft Edge browser is the new Windows 10 browser. It looks a lot better and feels noticeably smoother than Internet explorer. Some new features on Edge include, ”reading mode”, which gets rid of advertisements and distracting images to give you a clean webpage, and another feature lets you doodle over the webpage and then share the page with your friends. Even with all the improvements Edge is still a work in progress so many users may not find it as user friendly as other browsers. If you want to change your default browser in Windows 10 here are steps to do it:

How to Change Default browser apps in Windows 10

Resetting the default browser in Windows 10

1. Press Start >> Click “Settings”
2. From Settings >> Go to “Default apps”
3. On the right side, scroll down and find “Web broser”
4. Click on the app and then you will see a list of options
5. Set another browser (Chrome, Firefox etc) as default browser
6. Now when you click on links your new default browser will open the web page

The above step is very easy and most users already know it. You can use the same steps above set default app for any time of files (pdfs, MP4s, JPEGs.. If you want to dive deeper, you can even set default app for individual file extensions as well as file protocols. Another way to set default apps is by simply right clicking a file you want to open, and then select “open with” >> Select “Choose another” >> Select an app you want to set as default >> Enable “Always use this app to open “xyz” files”.

Setting Default Apps for Files

download now

Read More

Merubah System Windows 8 Menjadi Windows 7 Default System

Merubah System Windows 8 Menjadi Windows 7 Default System

Yup memang Windows 8 memang jadi OS yang terbaru dari windows saat ini selain tampilannya yang jauh berbeda dengan tampilan windows yang sebelumnya banyak fitur - fitur baru yang mendukung Touch dll. istilah yang dulu ada  di windows 7 bahkan jarang ditemukan di windows yang terbaru ini, namun kelebihan dari windows ini dapat menjalankan default system menjadi windows 7 Ultimate kok bisa ya karena memang Windows ini adalah pengembangan dari win 7, ok yang masih awam boleh mencoba tips kali ini.

Ok Pertama buka Power User Task Menu, caranya tekan tombol Windows + huruf X dan pilih dengan menggunakan tombol ALT + Huruf Awal Menu.

Kemudian pada layar System klik Advanced system settings.

Lalu pada layar System Properties klik menu tab Advanced, lihat bagian bawah pada baris Startup and Recovery kemudian klik tombol Setting di bawahnya.

Pada bagian Default operating system klik tanda bintang dan pilihlah sistem operasi yang akan Anda jadikan default, setelah merasa yakin kemudian klik tombol OK untuk memilih sekaligus menyimpan pengaturan Anda.

Nah sekarang system anda sudah menjadi Windows 7 dan sytem ini lah yang akan anda gunakan seterusnya sebelum diganti atau memutuskan untuk menggunakan single boot.

download now

Read More

How to clear remove or change default apps in Android

How to clear remove or change default apps in Android

Many people accidentally set some app to open by default in Android. When that happens each time you try to open something that default app is going to open it automatically. For example people might have multiple browsers , video players , picture apps , alarm apps and reading apps installed. Each time u try to open a certain app your operating system is going to check which apps have the permission to handle it and then it gives you a list of apps you can either select to open once or always. If you select "always open" then you will set that app as a default app.  So how to change your default browser, default gallery, default reading app, default picture viewer app etc. First you will have to remove or clear defaults app settings and then set a new app as default. Here are the steps to remove or change default permission from Android app:

How to change default apps in Android 

• Go to Settings >> Apps >> All
• Scroll down to the App which you set by default
• Select Clear Defaults

Well thatt it. Now you can clear default permissions for any Android app and set other third party Gallery, Reading, SMS Text, File explorer or Dialer app as default. For example- when you open a picture, you will be given a list of apps to open it with, and you can choose "always open with" option to set that app as default.

download now

Read More