Default PDF Viewer

Acrobat Pro continually asks me if I want to change the default PDf viewer from Preview to Acrobat Pro and I always click NO. How can I get it to stop asking me? I couldn't find anything in the prefs.

HORRIBLE!!!
Can't believe there's no way of stopping Acrobat from asking this.
I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE MY DEFAULT APPLICATION
Shame on you Adobe - makes me pray for competition so I don't have to use your products again.
And if it is possible... should be much easier to find a way to switch it off.
This is unethical manipulation.

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