Adobe Acrobat X vs Adobe Reader XI pdf ownership

Hi All,
This question comes up from time to time and I am still not sure how should this really work, tehrefor I require Your help.
In case I install Acrobat X and Reader XI on the same machine,the progam I install the last, will become the default viewer for pdf documents.
1.Should this really work that way?
2.What is the best practice to set Acrobat the default program on a machine where Reader is installed too? (except if only Reader is installed)
3.Is there any documentation regarding to how pdfownership changes with installing/reinstalling Reader and Acrobat after each other?
-Forexample: first I install AdobeReader XI, than I install Acrobat X, and finally I run a repair/reinstallation for Adobe Reader. In this case AdobeReader will have the ownership since this was installed last. Is that correct so?
Thanks for your help in advance!
Zoltan

Assuming that you are on Windows, that's how it works: a program is installed, and assumes ownership of the file association for the files it handles.
There is an easy way to correct that after the installation: open Adobe Reader or Acrobat | Edit | Preferences | General: click on the Select Default PDF Handler button to select between Acrobat and Reader.

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