Reader 8.1.2 , Acrobat 8 Professional & IE7 w/XP- can they coexist?

Greetings!
For some strange and unknown reason, Reader 8.1.2 has taken over Acrobat 8 Professional. When I try to launch Acrobat 8 Professional I am presented with Reader 8.1.2.
I have checked the paths of both products and they are pointing to different directories and .exe files. In frustration, I removed Reader 8.1.2 and now I can access Acrobat 8 Professional.
Has anyone else experienced this hostile takeover? Can I return to the peaceful coexistence I had before? :)
Thanks for reading and I appreciate your suggestions.

>Has anyone else experienced this hostile takeover?
Many have experienced it.
>Can I return to the peaceful coexistence I had before?
No. Not really. You have to completely close down Reader first (using Task Manager). But once you start up one or the other, it will use that one no matter which one you try to open until you do the same for it.
You've discovered one of the many reasons that Adobe doesn't recommend or support having both of those products installed.

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