How to set a Windows Store UWP app (Drawboard) as custom PDF viewer in Zotero?
Hello everyone,
I want to open PDFs from within Zotero with Drawboard PDF viewer and all PDFs from Windows Explorer with my default PDF viewer, which is PDF XChange Viewer.
I didn't manage to setup Drawboard PDF as my custom PDF viewer for PDFs opened from within the Zotero standalone software (5.0.52, latest version as of today) under Windows 10 Pro. Drawboad PDF is not my default application for PDFs in Windows and I do not want it to be (as it lacks support for forms and keeps PDFs open when you close it). I am aware of the dialog in Zotero's preference pane under 'General', but that only lets me specify an .exe file. However, since Drawboard is a Windows UWP App, I can not navigate to its executable.
Currently I am stuck with either having Drawboard set as my Windows-wide default program for PDFs, which works fine with Zotero, but forces me to right-click -> "Open with PDF XChange Viewer" for every PDF that I open in Windows Explorer or having PDF XChange Viewer set as my Windows-wide default program which forces me to right-click in Zotero -> Show File -> right-click in Explorer -> "Open with Drawboard".
Any ideas how I can set up Drawboard as my custom viewer in Zotero?
I am aware that these issues arise from the way Windows UWP apps are sandboxed and I do not blame Zotero.
Also, thanks for providing this great software and keep on the good work! I recently switched from Mendeley and now enjoy a great workflow with Zotero / Drawboard and handwritten annotations made within Drawboard.
I want to open PDFs from within Zotero with Drawboard PDF viewer and all PDFs from Windows Explorer with my default PDF viewer, which is PDF XChange Viewer.
I didn't manage to setup Drawboard PDF as my custom PDF viewer for PDFs opened from within the Zotero standalone software (5.0.52, latest version as of today) under Windows 10 Pro. Drawboad PDF is not my default application for PDFs in Windows and I do not want it to be (as it lacks support for forms and keeps PDFs open when you close it). I am aware of the dialog in Zotero's preference pane under 'General', but that only lets me specify an .exe file. However, since Drawboard is a Windows UWP App, I can not navigate to its executable.
Currently I am stuck with either having Drawboard set as my Windows-wide default program for PDFs, which works fine with Zotero, but forces me to right-click -> "Open with PDF XChange Viewer" for every PDF that I open in Windows Explorer or having PDF XChange Viewer set as my Windows-wide default program which forces me to right-click in Zotero -> Show File -> right-click in Explorer -> "Open with Drawboard".
Any ideas how I can set up Drawboard as my custom viewer in Zotero?
I am aware that these issues arise from the way Windows UWP apps are sandboxed and I do not blame Zotero.
Also, thanks for providing this great software and keep on the good work! I recently switched from Mendeley and now enjoy a great workflow with Zotero / Drawboard and handwritten annotations made within Drawboard.
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-8-metro-apps-folder-location
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe shell:appsFolder\Drawboard.DrawboardPDF_gqbn7fs4pywxm!App
The drawboardpdf: URI can't accept arguments, so that won't work, and the .exe file can't be opened directly, but only by the Windows system. I also tried creating shortcuts on the Desktop to each of the three above and selecting these with Zotero, but that didn't work either.
So, it appears that there is no way for other applications to open files using Windows Store/UWP apps unless (1) the UWP app is the system default or (2) the application invokes the Windows native Open With dialog. I'm not sure whether XUL has any facility to do the latter.