PDF Reading IE Add-In Install Only

Hello,
My firm is a little dated with our Adobe Acrobat software as we use Adobe Acrobat Pro 9. With the release of IE 11, there seems to be an issue with the compatibility between it and the Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro PDF add-in for Internet Explorer.
I believe there's a way to install Adobe Reader and then enable just the Add-In, I understand that. My question is whether or not there's a way to use an up-to-date version of the Adobe Reader XI Internet Explorer Add-In by itself without installing Adobe Reader. I would like to avoid the confusion that my users will inevitably run into if I were to install both programs.
Thanks for any input you may have. I will await with bated breath.
BiiirdMan
I mean..Biiird Laaaw

I don't think it is possible, or permitted, to selectively install only parts of Reader. And indeed, it simply wouldn't work. The IE add-ins are not PDF viewers. They are simply little things that run Adobe Reader to do the work of displaying, and then the IE add in makes sure the results end up in the IE window.

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