On a domain, so I need the setting to apply to all accounts for every machine Using IE11 as the primary browser due to web services we are using I need to get this installed all in the same night on around 140 machines (thank god for remote management!) so the less time I spend on each machine, the better. I am wondering if there is a way to programatically turn this setting off or if there is a registry key that controls this setting that I am not seeing. I can't find the setting anywhere in HKCR either. I found the Foxit settings tree in the registry, but that particular setting is nowhere in there. Unfortunately, by default, Foxit has the setting enabled to open PDFs in a browser tab. This is largely because Reader DC refuses to open PDF documents in the native program rather than opening them through the IE extension even when the extension is disabled completely. In Chrome, you may click on the More icon at the top right corner > Settings > Advanced > Privacy and Security > Content Setting > PDF documents > turn on Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Chrome.I am going to be doing a large-scale rollout of converting from my company using Adobe Reader DC to using Foxit reader. You may open the settings of the browsers then change the setting accordingly.Į.g. When trying to open online PDF documents from within these non-IE browsers, they will use inbuilt PDF viewer to display PDF documents from within the browser. Firefox, Google Chrome or Opera doesn't support the NPAPI style plugins, so Foxit PDF plug-in can not work in Firefox (version 52 and above), Google Chrome(version 45 and above) or Opera(version 12.17 and above) anymore. Note: The above info is applicable to IE browser only. Restart the browser to open an online PDF that shall be opened in the standalone Foxit Reader program. Click on OK to accept the change and close the Preferences dialog box. Click on Make Default PDF Viewer, click on Yes if there are any system UAC prompt.Ħ. Uncheck the square box beside the Include browser when setting default PDF viewer.ĥ. Open Foxit Reader, go to File menu > choose Preferences, and complete the following stepsģ. My PDF documents open in the browser, no matter which browser I use, but I'd like them to open in Foxit separately.

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