Is there a way to have Adobe Acrobat reader default to a higher version?

Hi,
We've pin-pointed the cause of an issue where in MS Excel we hyperlink a PDF file & our user is using Adobe Acrobat v7 & when the user clicks on it. The PDF pops up & just disappears.
I've located the fix for it on MS Discussion Forums below:
If you have version 7, you need to upgrade to version 7.0.8 to get a fix for this bug in Acrobat.
But what we need to know is, if they have Adobe V7 installed, we can install v8 for them. But is there a way of having V8 set as a default reader?
This may sound like a stupid question but my work colleague wanted me to ask.
Thanks,
PS

It's not recommended nor supported to have both installed unless you're running Macs.
Not being able to choose a default version is just one of the many issues.

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