Open PDF's from Internet Explorer default to Adobe Reader

I have an old version of Acrobat, Acrobat 6 installed, but I also have Reader version 9.
When I open a PDF from a web page it tries to open in Acrobat, but is unable to because the version is old. I want PDFs from the internet to open default to Reader.
Is there a setting I can change with Acrobat, Reader or Internet Explorer to set what program it opens with?

Sure - I quote:
"Try examing the registry as in this good old tweak from Reinhard Franke:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b6778d
"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Adobe\Acrobat\Exe]
There you will find the full path to the program IE will use (Acrobat or Reader exe)."
E.g. the data value of the key should be - something like:
"C:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" (for using Reader)
"C:\Programs\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" (for using Acrobat)

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