Check out following steps to set Adobe Acrobat other than Edge as the default PDF viewer in Windows 10. If you have your own desktop PDF program on computer, such as Foxit, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Sumatra, and would like to open PDF files using a classic PDF reader other than browser, you can set the PDF application as the default PDF reader on your computer. Almost all modern web browsers, such as Edge, Chrome, Firefox, come with built-in PDF reader so that users can view PDF files directly without leaving the browser.