open pdf files in Adobe NOT EDGE without having to download them

If you want to backup a copy of your profile data and restore in the future, you can do some Google searching on this topic. I know there are good articles out there. If you can figure out which Profile folder corresponds to the one you want to save\backup, then you can restore these files by overwriting the old ones. Your Edge profile data is stored in your Windows profile folders beginning with:

C:\Users{user name}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\

This is the default profile root folder that Edge uses when you first launch it. Then any user profiles you create afterwards are stored in a numbered subfolder in that same location called "Profile n". Each profile has a number regardless if you named it somehting else in the interface. The folder structure within is similar to the original default profile structure.

NOTE: "AppData" is a hidden folder that you need to make visible from the File Explorer View menu. Some files like the one that store your boomarks or preferences do not have a file extension.

You can for example, save a copy of the "Preferences" for future restoration. You can also save your "Bookmarks.*" files if you have bookmarks on a profile that is not connected to an online account. If your profiles are connected to an online synced account then I just let my bookmarks back when the sync is initiated. I'm not an expert at messing around with those files so again, I would refer you to the many experts that have written about it on the internet. I just wanted to bring some awareness of another possiblilty.

It does download on other browsers, but it happens in the background. The difference with Firefox is that it automatically opens in your default PDF application.

We should not have to click "open" in Edge. I need this as well. I want the default behavior to be like Firefox.

I open MANY pdf files from the web all day long at work. I can't be bothered to click "open".

I HAVE UNCHECKED THIS ALWAYS DOWNLOAD PDF FILES AND THE FILES ARE STILL BEING DOWNLOADED AND NOT OPENED IN EDGE THE DEFAULT BROWSER. WHAT ELSE TO DO

THANKS

This works!!! Thank you TheVulpineAce!

Have you try to download the acrobat extension? that works for me.