PDFs open with reader instead of Acrobat Pro

OS: WinXP
A/Reader version: 9.3.4
A/Acrobat Pro version: 7
Issue:
PDFs open in the Reader and not in Acrobat Pro. I changed the File Association to open them with Acrobat Pro and it works fine for the rest of the day, but when I log in the next day it reverts back to opening in A/Reader again. This is an issue because of the way we have to access the PDFs at work, from within IE on a server.
Someone at work thought there might be a registry hack needed to fix this. I have looked at the registry entries for Reader and Pro, but there's nothing obvious to me.
One other thing that I have not tried as yet is to log in as Administrator and select (tick) the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" option. Maybe it might seem obvious that this is what's needed, but it was working fine prior to last week. The tick is greyed out when logged in as a 'normal' user, but the tick is on too.
I guess someone will suggest I do this anyway and see if it resolves the problem, before looking at the registry. :-)
Many thanks in advance for all suggestions.
Paul

PaulrKiwipn wrote:
I guess someone will suggest I do this anyway and see if it resolves the problem, before looking at the registry. :-)
Mostly you will get the suggestion to remove one or the other from your system and repair or reinstall the remaining application. It is not a recommended or supported configuration having both.
Another suggestion is to reinstall Acrobat Pro. That works for about 4 out of 10 people.

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