Each double click on PDF open Acrobat 9

Hi
Simple question but I can't find a solution. When I click on a PDF it open Acrobat 9 PRo. When I again click on a different PDF it open again Acrobat so now I have like to instance of Acrobat 9. It is different from Acrobat 7. I expect it to open Acrobat 9 once and see the files under "window" (like in other Adobe products) is it a preferences?
Thank you

When I again click on a different PDF it open again Acrobat so now I have like to instance of Acrobat 9.
It doesn't create a second instance of Acrobat 9, it creates a second window. You switch between the windows with the Windows menu.

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