Windows 10 Out-of-Band Update Released to Fix PDF Issue

Windows 10 Out-of-Band Update Released to Fix PDF Issue

Emergency Windows 10 Update Fixes PDF-Breaking Bugs

Microsoft has released KB5004760, marked as an optional non-security Windows 10 update that includes quality improvements out of band to fix issues opening PDF documents.

This bug may prevent you from opening PDFs using Internet Explorer 11 or apps that use the 64-bit version of the WebBrowser control. Additionally, a PDF might render as just a gray background when using the Adobe Acrobat plug-in.

At present this update is not available via Windows Update or Windows Update for Business.

Affected Platforms

  • Windows 10 servicing stack update – 19041.1081, 19042.1081, and 19043.1081
  • Windows 10, version 21H1
  • Windows 10, version 20H2
  • Windows 10, version 2004

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