Adobe Reader XI Plugin Missing from Chrome

I have recently noticed that the plugin for Adobe Reader XI has gone missing from my version of Chrome. I have tried uninstalling Adobe Reader and downloading the most recent version, but each time I do this and then check my Chrome plugins, the plugin is not listed. This is keeping me from using Chrome as my browser when I wish to view PDF documents. Does anyone have any information on this?

Thank you for your help, but it does not resolve my issue. I do not have Adobe Reader listed as a plugin in Chrome. I need to have it listed in order to use a program called SIRAS for my work. How do I get the plugin into this list?

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Hi thanks for your response, yes it seems this API is availalbe but there are no examples of how to use it. You mentioned its available in Adobe reader and Adobe Acrobat plugins. Well I'm using the Adobe Reader Active X Browser Plugin so how would I use this API to restrict the Browser plugin.l
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