1. Configure your computer<\/strong> to default opening any PDFs with an application like Adobe Acrobat Reader. This means when you click on a link to a PDF, it opens in the application and does not open in Edge.<\/p>\n – Right-click any PDF file. 2. Work-around Solution<\/strong>: He does not need to change his default viewer from Edge because he can open each PDF file in its window. – Right-click the PDF link; select Copy link address.<\/p>\n Instead, using Ctrl + N<\/strong> opens a new instance of Edge, rather than a new tab, in which you’ll need only to paste the link into the address bar that opens and press Enter.<\/p>\n 3. Keyboard Shortcut<\/strong>: Also, by default, the behavior of Shift + Click<\/strong> on any PDF link will open it in a new window. Of course, that depends on how the settings are done, and it may differ. With these settings, I may not get exactly what I need but definitely closer results. One can reach out to me for all of the above questions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As long as Microsoft Edge is unable to open PDFs in new windows but opens them within one tab of the browser interface, you have to find a detour. Such a procedure is not very laborious and consists of just a few steps: 1. Configure your computer to default opening…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[43,44],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-microsoft-edge","tag-pdf"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n– Turn on any other application.
\n– Right-click, then, from the list select a preferred PDF viewer, in this case, Adobe Acrobat to open.
\nMake sure the box beside the text says Always use this app to open .pdf files and click OK.<\/p>\n