Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 in IE / Firefox

Hello,
We have to use Reader 9 as default for some applications in IE, but would like to use Acrobat 9 as default for some applications in Firefox.
I have installed Reader 9 as default and also installed Acrobat 9 and this opens PDFs fine in IE using Reader. However, in Firefox even if I select the application to use to open PDF files as Acrobat (within Firefox) it still opens them with Reader.
Has anyone got any ideas around this?

The work around is to typically open the desired product first, then browse in your browser. Generally, the viewing will default to the open product. If you have problems even then, it is likely an issue with both reader and Acrobat both being installed. It may also be that IE is using a Reader plugin and not actually opening Reader.

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