Microsoft Edge built-in PDF reader powered by Adobe Acrobat enabled
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Category
Microsoft Edge
Supported on
Microsoft Edge version 111, Windows 7 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows7

The policy lets Microsoft Edge launch the new version of the built-in PDF reader that's powered by Adobe Acrobat's PDF rendering engine. The new PDF reader ensures that there's no loss of functionality and delivers an enhanced PDF experience. This experience includes richer rendering, improved performance, strong security for PDF handling, and greater accessibility. If you enable this policy, Microsoft Edge will use the new Adobe Acrobat powered built-in PDF reader to open all PDF files. If you disable or don't configure this policy, Microsoft Edge will use the existing PDF reader to open all PDF files.

Internal name
NewPDFReaderEnabled
Policy ID
d42094314d6b
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
Value name
NewPDFReaderEnabled
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
Value name
NewPDFReaderEnabled
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.