# Windows updates breaks PDF display in FileMaker
**URL:** https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker/2213
**Category:** Heads-Up!
**Tags:** pdf, windows
**Created:** [June 10, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker/2213 "2021-06-10T15:14:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker/2213/1 "2021-06-10T15:14:36Z")
Please be aware that Microsoft Windows got an update KB5003637, which breaks FileMaker displaying PDFs in an interactive container.
You may want to not install this update for some time or uninstall it when you find it installed.
An upcoming FileMaker release may switch to use Edge/Chrome for rendering PDF documents, so this will get fixed soon by Claris.
Alternatively you can use our [MBS FileMaker Plugin](https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/) to render PDF pages ([DynaPDF.RenderPage](https://www.mbsplugins.eu/DynaPDFRenderPage.shtml)) and have them show as JPEG or PNG pictures in a container.
See also posting in Claris Community: [Suddenly PDF are not shown in FileMaker (since today !) in multiple computer / different customer](https://community.claris.com/en/s/question/0D53w00005OD7xtCAD/solved-suddenly-pdf-are-not-shown-in-filemaker-since-today-in-multiple-computer-different-customer)
2021-06-10 [¶](https://www.mbs-plugins.com/archives/filemaker_archive_2021-m06.php#e4567)
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### Author:  [@AndyHibbs](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/AndyHibbs)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker/2213/2 "2021-06-11T05:55:45Z")
Thanks for the heads up Christian
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### Author:  [@FabriceN](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/FabriceN)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker/2213/3 "2021-06-11T12:25:47Z")
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### Author:  [@airmoi](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/airmoi)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker/2213/4 "2021-06-11T13:34:04Z")
Does it mean all older FileMaker versions that won't be updated will have this issue "forever" or is it a bug of this update that can eventually be fixed by MS later ?
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### Author:  [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker/2213/5 "2021-06-11T13:56:27Z")
Well, if Microsoft someday permanently removes the Webbrowser ActiveX control or Adobe stops installing the IE PDF browser plugin, this will fail for all older FileMaker versions.
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### Author:  [@planteg](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/planteg)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker/2213/6 "2021-06-11T16:18:15Z")
Isn't Microsoft suppose to remove IE with a specific new version of Windows 10 ? I may be wrong on this though 🤔.
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### Author:  [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/windows-updates-breaks-pdf-display-in-filemaker/2213/7 "2021-06-15T16:54:23Z")
yes, eventually IE will be gone and all apps trying to use it will get an error code about missing component, when they try to use it.