

Windows 7 or Vista : please click the Start button, then click Control Panel from the list in the right margin. Windows 8 : please press WIN+X hotkey to bring up the Power User Menu, which has a link to the Control Panel. Use Control panel to set default file association for PDF files in Windows 8, 7, or Vista If there is a before you switch message appears which says “ Try Microsoft Edge, It’s new, it’s fast, and its’s built for windows 10”, please click the Switch Anyway link to confirm the change, then Foxit PhantomPDF would be set as the new default viewer in windows 10.ħ.Windows 10 will now open Foxit PhantomPDF each time you open a PDF file from File Explorer. Select Foxit PhantomPDF from the Choose an app list to associate it with. pdf and click the button on its right side.ĥ. Scroll down a little to click the Choose default apps by file type link.Ĥ.Scroll down and find. (Note: if you’re still running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, the path is Settings > System > Default apps)ģ. Select Apps from the list, then choose Default apps on the left. Right click the Start button, and choose Settings.Ģ.

Use Settings to set default file association for PDF files in Windows 10ġ. Set default file association for PDF files in Windows 8, 7, or Vista Set default file association for PDF files in Windows 10 When you need to make Foxit PhantomPDF as default PDF viewer by changing default file association for PDF files in Windows, please follow the instructions below according to the operating system you are using on computer.
