Acrobat 8 Launches when opening an InDesign file

I have recently upgraded to Acrobat 8 Pro and Indesign CS3.
Everytime I try to open an InDesign file by 2x clicking on it, Acrobat launches alongside Indesign, and Acrobat throws up an error message. How can I get this to stop? And why is this happening?
Thanks,
Chris

I have had this exact problem for like 6 months and have just dealt with it, but it's really starting to drive me crazy.
Double clicking on all INDD files launches Indesign AND then Acrobat. Acrobat gives me two error dialogs which I then "OK", and then I'm able to switch to Indesign and work on the file. Dragging-n-dropping the files direct into Indesign or Opening through Indesign works fine. I've also noticed Indesign does not offer up the usual "open recents" in the file menu.
Acrobat and Photoshop are the only CS3 apps that appear in the "Open With>Choose Program" dialog, and browsing to the Indesign executable does not fix anything. The indd files even display the correct [ID] icon.
Windows XP Pro SP2
Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.1
Adobe Web Premium CS3 (which I believe technically the Acrobat install is from)
Adobe Indesign CS3 5.0.1 (bought separately from Web Premium)
I'm sure it's probably more of a Windows issue than Adobe, but any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I tried to "repair" the Acrobat installation but that didn't help. Reinstalling all my Adobe apps is something I would like to avoid if possible.

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