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RestorePdfView

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Restore PDF view

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 113 or later

Description

Enables PDF View Recovery in Microsoft Edge.

If you enable or don't configure this policy Microsoft Edge will recover the last state of PDF view and land users to the section where they ended reading in the last session.

If you disable this policy Microsoft Edge will recover the last state of PDF view and land users at the start of the PDF file.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: No - Requires browser restart
  • Per Profile: Yes
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: No

Data type

  • Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: RestorePdfView
  • GP name: Restore PDF view
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): N/A
  • Value name: RestorePdfView
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: RestorePdfView
  • Example value:
<true/>

See also