All my PDF files suddenly become Chrome HTML Document! Why?

On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 2:14:32 PM UTC-4, Ethan S wrote:
> What if I don't have adobe acrobat? I want my pdf files to open in chrome=
 but be listed as pdfs instead of chrome html documents in my computer's fi=
le explorer.

That's a good one.  Windows used to have a tool that would show you the lis=
t of associations and there might well be one that would suit.  But... what=
 "file type" shows up in Windows explorer?  I guess it lists the type as a =
Chrome HTML doc?   I suppose this stuff is stored in the registry.  You mig=
ht be able to change the file icon to a PDF file.   Hmm... I can't find a w=
ay to do that through the file properties.  I guess they've taken that out =
too!=20

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Rick C.

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On Monday, November 29, 2021 at 8:10:33 AM UTC-8, gnuarm.del...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 11:51:33 AM UTC-4, KJ wrote: 
> > > Dear Weng, 
> > > Same thing happened to me also. Could you please share the method how you changed back viewing docs as pdf? (video link you shared says its private and could not access) 
> > > Many thanks! 
> > > All the best, 
> > > Tijana 
> > You probably just need to right click on any PDF file, then select 'Open With' then 'Choose another app' which will bring up a list of programs. Select the viewer you want and check the 'Always use this app to open .PDF files' checkbox.
> A new machine seems to default to making various MS apps the default if you give it half a chance. I do exactly the above to fix the issue when found. You can also go into a settings dialog and address all of the file types at once. That's what I had to do for LibreOffice to get the umptynine file types away from MS office and Edge. 
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> Rick C. 
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Thank you this worked!