Set firefox to open pdf documents in adobe reader via script or GPO

I am trying to change the settings of 400+ Windows 7 PCs with 2-10 users per PC. They all use Firefox and Adobe Reader XI. I would like to know how to use the Mozilla Administrative Template or how to create a GPO to change the default pdf viewer in Firefox to Reader XI. i need a way to be able to configure it so when a user logs into the PC via our domain login Firefox will be automatically configured to open PDF's from Firefox in an Adobe Reader window, otherwise we have to manually configure it and that gets very frustrating after the 2nd PC

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To: gunner0490
Subject: I'm not able to open PDF files in Adobe Reader XI.
Re: I'm not able to open PDF files in Adobe Reader XI.
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