Disable 'open PDF in browser'

Hi,
I'm trying to disable the open PDF in browser option in a corporate enviroment. The Adobe knowledge base said that this can be done by disabling the addon called 'Adobe PDF Reader'
I've set a policy to disable this addon, but the PDF still open in the browser. Any ideas?
Also is there a registry key to disable instead? We are using IE11 as a browser.
Thanks
Dave

Hello,
Please try the below reg.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\11.0\Originals]
“bBrowserIntegration”=dword:00000000
~Deepak

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I honestly don't believe that Immersive Browser can be fully disabled using group policy, however I will happily try any settings that you think I may have over looked, and report back, as I cannot be the only administrator who would rather it wasn't
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