Enable Download Prompt for PDF Files

Enable PDF Download in IE

We often face a common problem while downloading a PDF file that the browser does not prompted to save .pdf file after clicking download link, instead it opens pdf file directly in the browser.

When you click a link to a .PDF document, one of the following may happen depending upon the setting you chose in Adobe Acrobat Reader Preferences:

• The PDF document opens in Internet Explorer window
• The PDF document opens in Acrobat Reader

If you don't want any of the above actions to happen when you click a PDF link (or a form button or javascript in a page launches the PDF file) in a website, and if you want the Open/save prompt for PDF files, use the following method.

The following solution is tested in Acrobat Reader v7.0

• Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
• Navigate to the following location:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroPDF.PDF.1

• Backup the branch to a file
• In the right-pane, double-click the EditFlags value
• Set the Value Data for EditFlags to 00 00 00 00 (REG_BINARY)

Note: If EditFlags value is missing, create a new value of type REG_BINARY

• Repeat the same in this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcroExch.Document.7

• After editing the EditFlags value, close Regedit