Downloaded pdf being saved as edge file

You could also use the Open With command that appears on the right-click menu for the PDF files. However, in some situations, changing the default application for handling the PDF files does not stick: it may work once or twice, and then Microsoft Edge takes .  · @krishnaa I ran into this same issue when I switched to Windows But it was only with the Chrome browser and not Firefox. I would save a pdf from Chrome and it would save it with bltadwin.ru extension and look like it was a pdf but when attempting to open the file, Adobe program would state the file was in the incorrect format or the file was corrupt.  · To disable Microsoft Edge as the default PDF reader on Windows 10, use these steps: Open Settings. Click on Apps. Click on Default apps. Click the Choose default app by file type option.

I use Microsoft edge for most of my work. I download files many times from the internet we all do. Now the problem is each time I need to save files in different different locations. In my settings inside edge here is how they look bltadwin.runload files in Microsoft Edge, such as PDFs, Word files, photos, and more. This 4-minute video shows how to download Microsoft Edge. On the right, a link is highlighted which has been right-clicked, to download a pdf file. The SaveAs dialog is thus opened, and it is supplying the filename "application-pdf" without bltadwin.ru extension. That is exactly the problem stated in the OP. There is no answer in this thread to explain it or solve it.

Hello, I tried this, and downloaded a free adobe to my computer. chose it as my default for pdf downloads on chrome. unforturnately it didn't work, and document appears as "invalid document" when i try to save it. so I switched back to save as chrome html, and now I can't save anything! not sure what went wrong. but now i'm worse off. The particular error “PDF could not open in Edge” could be because of the corruption issues in PDF file. This calls for the repair of your PDF file(s). You can perform the easy repair using a third-party professional PDF repair tool. The tool is such programmed that it can repair Adobe PDF files within minutes without any hassle. It only asks for the corrupt PDF file location and does the rest of the work. To disable Microsoft Edge as the default PDF reader on Windows 10, use these steps: Open Settings. Click on Apps. Click on Default apps. Click the Choose default app by file type option.