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rcmaehl / MSEdgeRedirect

A Tool to Redirect News, Search, Widgets, Weather and More to Your Default Browser
https://MSEdgeRedirect.com
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0
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Redirect PDFs to system's default app #148

Closed jhenriquelc closed 1 year ago

jhenriquelc commented 2 years ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

The issue:

Currently, the tool requires that a specific PDF opener executable be selected in its settings, making the redirect to Microsoft Store apps (like that one version of Firefox) clumsy or impossible for most people.

Proposed Solution:

I suggest the tool should have the option to redirect Edge PDF openings to the default program set in the system's settings, allowing for more intuitive setup and switch of default apps.

Scenario when this would be used?

Redirecting Edge PDF openings to MS-Store apps (e.g. Firefox, Adobe Acrobat)

Supporting information

When trying to set up PDF redirection to my MS-Store installation of Firefox, the program wouldn't accept the executable due to permissions issues, making it impossible for me to redirect PDF openings from edge to my preferred browser. image (Translation: File can't be accessed by the system)

Philipp-Codes commented 2 years ago

Would it also be possible to still use Edge as PDF viewer while redirecting everything else?