Oct 18, 2024 · Update or Reinstall PDF Reader. Sometimes, an issue with your PDF reader could cause icons to display incorrectly: Ensure your PDF reader is up to date. If that doesn’t work, try uninstalling and reinstalling the software. Check Desktop Icon Settings (Windows) If only the icons on your desktop are affected: Right-click on the desktop and ...

Click on Change Icon, browse to the location of your new icon file, select it, and click OK. You can change the icon of the application that opens the PDF to see if the PDF icon changes. There are some third-party software that can change the icon. You can try using third-party software.

Oct 24, 2024 · Set Google Chrome as the Default .PDF viewer. 1. Right-click andy .PDF file and select Open with >. 2. In the "Choose your Preferred PDF viewer" dialog box, select Google Chrome and check "Always use this app to open .pdf files." 3. Click OK. Additionally, you can also follow these steps to set the default PDF viewer in settings: • Open Settings.

Oct 10, 2024 · You can try to change the file association to another PDF viewer, which might resolve the icon problem. Here's how: Open Settings > Apps > Default apps, and locate .pdf. Select a new app, and that should update both the viewer and the icon.

Sep 11, 2024 · Yes doing what you advise I see the word icon as per below However, The word docs I have on Desktop on my PC show blank without the logo as do the pdf documents. The PDF icon is as below: I am not sure what is happening here. Help would be most welcome.

May 30, 2012 · - Are you referring to the folder icon view where you want the PDF content image to be seen? - Is this the same with all the folders? You need to change a setting on the folder options to be able to see the picture on file icon. Follow the below instructions: a) Open Computer, Click on Tools on the toolbar. b) Click on Folder options. View tab

Oct 22, 2024 · Then I changed the default to Adobe Acrobat and it changed the icons. I switched back to Edge, and when I opened a pdf, they changed back. Apparently, having Edge be the default handler for pdfs changes the icon to a white outline of a file, essentially making it invisible against a white background.

Feb 13, 2025 · My PDF icon in file explorer suddenly just shows a white blank page instead of the previous default PDF icon. I've tried show preview handlers and always show icon, never thumbnails options in the view tab but it does not work.

Feb 2, 2024 · I've had to reinstall Windows 11 and for some reason my Adobe Acrobat files all now have the Chrome (my chosen browswer) icon, even though I don't think they're opening in Chrome. I've looked and looked and can't find a way to change the pdf icon on these files, either individually or universally.

Aug 14, 2024 · From the description, it seems the default application to open PDF files has changed to Google Chrome. You might want to change it by following the steps below: 1. Right-click on any PDF file; 2. Click "Properties"; 3. Click the "Change" button to the right of "Opens With;" 4. Select Acrobat Reader . 5. Click Apply . Hope this helps. -Souvik