How to change the settings in PowerPDF for opening PDFs from websites
Issue:
How to change the settings in PowerPDF for opening PDFs from Websites. For example, When a user clicks on a link to a PDF on a website, it opens in a PowerPDF window and they want to open PDFs within IE.
Resolution:
PowerPDF includes a standalone command line utility that will allow you to change the settings, DefaultViewer.exe
This can be found in the installation folder which is typically one of the two following locations:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Nuance\Power PDF\bin\DefaultViewer.exe OR
C:\Program Files (x86)\Nuance\Power PDF 20\bin\DefaultViewer.exe OR
C:\Program Files (x86)\Nuance\Power PDF 21\bin\DefaultViewer.exe OR
C:\Program Files (x86)\Nuance\Power PDF 30\bin\DefaultViewer.exe
Here are the switches to use this utility:
To change the default pdf viewer in Explorer:
To set the Power PDF as default PDF viewer:
{PATH}\DefaultViewer.exe /SetDefault
To reset the default PDF viewer:
{PATH}\DefaultViewer.exe /SetBack
To change the behavior in IE:
Open PDF's with the full Power PDF Application
{PATH}\DefaultViewer.exe /OpenWithExe
To open PDF's within Internet Explorer:
{PATH}\DefaultViewer.exe /OpenWithIE
Example path on my system:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Nuance\Power PDF 20\bin\DefaultViewer.exe /OpenWithExe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Nuance\Power PDF 20\bin\DefaultViewer.exe /OpenWithIE
Note: The path may change depending on the installation directory. For example, with PowerPDF 2.1, the command is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Nuance\Power PDF 21\bin\DefaultViewer.exe /OpenWithExe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Nuance\Power PDF 21\bin\DefaultViewer.exe /OpenWithIE