Safari is not opening pdf's anymore with preview. Help!

Hello,
Can anyone help me to get safari to open pdf's using preview again?
I installed adobe reader and it seems to have highjacked safari and now is the default pdf viewer for pdf's opened in safari while browsing on the web.
Things I have tried so far....
I tried uninstalling adobe to no avail. When I uninstalled it and then tried to open a pdf in safari I found that I wasn't able to
I tried going to library/internet plug-ins to find and delete any adobe plug-ins but found none to be deleted.
I have tried going to adobe reader/preferences/internet to unselect anything there taht would "turn off" but that didn't work.
Any Ideas, please help! I don't like the adobe reader experience nearly as much as preview.
I am running OS X 10.8.3
Safari 6.0.3
Thanks so much

Never Mind I found the solution....
Entered my main disk by double clicking and opening Macintosh HD found on my desktop. From there to Library/Internet Plug-Ins. In the Internet Plug-Ins folder I deleted all adobe reader plugins. I also deleted adobe reader app from my harddrive. Once I quit and re-opened safari all was working as it was before.
I won't install Adobe again!
Hope that this would help someone with the same issue.

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