These days most desktop PDF Readers offer tabbed browsing feature, which means they open PDF documents in multiple tabs in the same application window, of course, this is not the case in earlier versions (recently, SumatraPDF has added tabs support).
If you’re a user, but not a multi-tasker, who want every PDF document to open in a separate window for Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, you can deactivate the tabbed interface without switching to another PDF application, here is how.
How to Change the Default PDF Viewer in Windows 10
Disable Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s tabbed interface
- Open Adobe Reader
- Click on the Edit menu, selects Preferences (Ctrl+K) > General,
- Uncheck Open documents as new tabs in the same window, scroll down and click ‘OK’
- Restart the Reader for the changes to take effect.
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Thank you very much bro……. :) :)
Glad that you found it helpful.
Worked great, thanks. I feel like this should have been easier to find!
Thank you so much. This should have been the default setting not tabbed viewing on the same window which is annoying!!!
I got a new computer and the option Open docs in new tabs … is gone. As is, Prompt before closing multiple … Still have the same Acrobat Pro DC. Is there a computer setting causing this? Nothing else changed. Running windows 10 and MS Office 365.
I can confirm the options are there in the latest version (free) that released today, not sure about Pro.
I have the same problem, the option is not showing any longer. I also got a new computer 2 days back. Is there some other fix for it?
Are you using Pro version too?
Was there ever an answer for this? My option is missing as well.
Have you made comment before in this article? What’s your issue?