How to click on a PDF in IE and open it directly in Foxit PDF Editor

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If you would like to click on a PDF file in IE (Internet Explorer) and open it inside of Foxit PDF Editor you will need to follow the steps below:

For end-users:

Visit this article: Open online PDF in Foxit Separately

For IT Admins:

To click on a PDF in Internet Explorer and open the PDF directly inside Foxit PDF Editor run:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor\FoxitPDFEditor.exe" -undisplayinbrowser

It says undisplayinbrowser but that is the correct one.

If that doesn't work, remove the following two DLLs from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor\plugins"

To open PDFs inside an IE Window run:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor\FoxitPDFEditor.exe" -displayinbrowser