For the file that has acrobat set as the default, add the condition to check if our program is installed, in this case, we check for the install folder. When you add this, click ok on the prompts and move to the next file. To quickly set a program as the default for all of the file types that it can support, you can use the same dialog as indicated above (except for Windows XP) but then choose; Set your default programs. Similar in the Windows 10 Settings app, you’ll find a “Set defaults by app” link at the bottom of the “Default apps” section. To change a different PDF reader or viewer in Windows 10, click the link “ Choose default apps by file type ” at the bottom. When the Choose default apps by file type screen opens, scroll down until you find.pdf. Click on the current default PDF viewer. Once the “ Choose an app ” pop-up opens, select Adobe Acrobat to set as default. Open the Program Files (x86) folder and open the PDF Complete Folder Select PDFvista.exe choose open. This will set PDF Complete as your default PDF viewer. Set PDF Complete as your default viewer in previous versions of Microsoft.
Follow the steps below to set the Revu as the default PDF viewer. This process requires administrator rights on the computer.
Open Revu.
Click Revu > Preferences (Ctrl+K).
Select Admin from the left-hand menu.
Click Open Default Programs.
When the Default Apps window displays, complete these additional steps:
Scroll down and select Choose default apps by file type.
Scroll through the list until you reach .pdf, then click on the plus icon or the program associated with .pdf.
Select Bluebeam Revu from the list of programs.
Setting Revu as the default viewer also enables Bluebeam as the previewer used by Outlook® and Windows Explorer.
Other versions of this article
Revu 2018
How To Set Default Pdf View
In Windows 10
Setting the default PDF viewer requires administrator rights on the computer.
The following is the typical method for changing the default PDF viewer:
Press the Windows key.
Type choose a default app for each type of file, then press Enter when the result with the same name is highlighted.
Scroll down to .pdf (the file types are listed alphabetically).
Click on the plus or the application listed next to .pdf, then select Bluebeam Revu.
If the above method doesn’t work, you can try the following steps:
In a File Explorer window, right-click on a PDF.
Click Open with > Choose another app.
Select Bluebeam Revu in the list of apps.
Check the Always use this app to open .pdf files check box and click OK.
If you are still having trouble, your IT department may be restricting your access to this setting.
In Windows 8.1
Setting the default PDF viewer requires administrator rights on the computer.
Open the Bluebeam Administrator.
Open Revu, then click Revu > Administrator .
– Or –
Click Start, type Bluebeam Administrator, then click the most current version in the Search results.
Click the Revu tab in the Administrator.
Fill the Use as Default PDF Viewer check box.
If you are using side-by-side installation, select the Revu version you want to be the default in the dropdown next to the check box.
Click OK.
If the Please confirm Revu as the default PDF viewer… window displays, complete these additional steps:
Click OK. The Set Default Programs window will display.
Select Bluebeam Revu in the list of programs on the left.
Click Set this as the default.
Click OK and close the Default Programs window.
Setting Revu as the default viewer in the Administrator also enables Bluebeam as the previewer used by Outlook and Windows Explorer.
In Windows 7 SP1
Setting the default PDF viewer requires administrator rights on the computer.
Open the Bluebeam Administrator:
Open Revu, then click Revu > Administrator .
– Or –
Click Start , type Bluebeam Administrator, then click the most current version in the Programs list.
Click the Revu tab.
Fill the Use as default PDF viewer check box, then click OK.
If you are using side-by-side installation, select the Revu version you want to be the default in the dropdown next to the check box.
Setting Revu as the default viewer in the Administrator also makes Bluebeam the previewer used by Outlook and Windows Explorer.
Revu 2017 and older
In Windows 10
Setting the default PDF viewer requires administrator rights on the computer.
Open the Bluebeam Administrator.
Open Revu and click Help > Administrator.
– Or –
Click or press Start , type Bluebeam Administrator and press Enter.
Click the Revu tab in the Administrator.
Check the Use as default PDF viewer check box and click OK.
After changing the default viewer in the Administrator, you also have to select the default app in an Explorer window.
Right-click on a PDF on the Desktop or another folder.
Click Open with > Choose another app.
Select Bluebeam Revu in the list of apps.
Check the Always use this app to open .pdf files check box and click OK.
Setting Revu as the default viewer in the Administrator also enables Bluebeam as the previewer used by Outlook and Windows Explorer.
In Windows 8.1
Setting the default PDF viewer requires administrator rights on the computer.
Open the Bluebeam Administrator.
Open Revu and click Help > Administrator
– Or –
Click or press Start , type Bluebeam Administrator and press Enter.
Click the Revu tab in the Administrator.
Check the Use as default PDF viewer check box and click OK. The icon for PDF files might change to a white page with a green arrow.
Double-click on any PDF file and a choice dialog will display.
Click Bluebeam Revu in the list. The PDF will open in Revu and the icons for PDF files will change to the Revu icon.
Setting Revu as the default viewer in the Administrator also enables Bluebeam as the previewer used by Outlook and Windows Explorer.
In Windows 7
How To Set Default Pdf Open
Setting the default PDF viewer requires administrator rights on the computer.
Learn how to make Bluebeam Revu your default PDF viewer to quickly start editing files. Follow our step-by-step guide here.
When I double click on a Word attachment, Outlook tries to open it with “Windows Photo Viewer” which obviously fails.
Similarly, when I double click on a pdf-file, it tries to open it with Adobe Photoshop. Eventually, this will work for most pdf-files but loading Photoshop takes a while and only allows me to view a single page at once. As I want to read and not edit the pdf-file, I’d much rather open it with Adobe Reader instead.
How can I tell Outlook which program to open the attachment with?
That is not something controlled by Outlook but by Windows. Outlook simply tries to open it with whatever application you have set as the default for that file extension in Windows Settings or Control Panel.
Quickly change the default via Open With…
A quick way to change the default application a certain file type opens with is to right click on it (after saving your attachment to disk first) and choose “Open with…”.
When multiple applications are already associated with that file type, choose “Open with” and then select “Choose another app” or “Choose default program…”.
When you’ve selected the application that you want to open it with, make sure the option “Always use this app to open <extension> files” “Always the selected program to open this kind of file”.
The next time you double click a file with that file extension in Outlook, it will directly open with the newly selected program.
The “Open with…” dialog gives you a clear dialog to change the default program for a specific file type. (click on image to enlarge)
Changing the default via Settings or Control Panel
Another way to change the default application for a specific file type, is to do this via the Control Panel. The benefit of this method is that is also gives you an overview of all of the registered file types on your system and which application it is associated with.
Windows XP Start-> Control Panel-> Folder Options-> tab File Types
Windows Vista and Windows 7 Start-> Default Programs-> Associate a file type or protocol with a program
Windows 8 and Windows 10 (Control Panel) Start-> type: “Default Programs”-> Associate a file type or protocol with a program
Windows 10 (Settings) Start-> Settings-> Apps-> Default apps-> Choose default apps by file type (text link at the bottom)
Another way to get to this option (except for Windows XP) is via; Control Panel-> Programs-> Default Programs-> Make a file type always open in specific program
To directly see and change your file associations in Windows use the “Default Programs” applet in Control Panel.
Setting a program as the default for multiple file types
To quickly set a program as the default for all of the file types that it can support, you can use the same dialog as indicated above (except for Windows XP) but then choose; Set your default programs
Similar in the Windows 10 Settings app, you’ll find a “Set defaults by app” link at the bottom of the “Default apps” section.
However, note that not all programs that you have installed may be exposed here. It is up to the developer of the application whether or not to support this method.
Repair/Reinstall a program to restore its default associations
Yet another way to restore all the default file associations for a specific program is to reinstall it or to do a repair installation.
While this may sound a bit drastic, it sometimes may be the more convenient route to go when an application or application suite supports lots of different file types and are not exposed in the “Set your default programs” section.
For instance, doing a repair on Office should reset the default file associations for all Office applications.
Note: This method may also help in those cases where changing the default via the above method simply doesn’t seem to “stick”.