Well, some users have reported facing a problem that, whenever they try to download and open a PDF file, Internet Explorer will not open PDF files. Sometimes IE just hangs while downloading PDF files.

Internet Explorer 11 has suffered an issue preventing PDFs from opening. Apps that use the 64-bit WebBrowser control suffered the same problem. The issue has now been addressed by Microsoft.

Discover the hidden ways to access Internet Explorer on Windows 11, despite Microsoft's retirement of the browser.