Unable to open PDFs with Reader

I am running Windows 7 and have the free Adobe Reader program downloaded. However, when I try to open my PDFs I get a pop-up stating that my Acrobat free trial has expired and I need to purchase it in order to continue. I don't want to purchase Acrobat, I just want to use Reader in order to open and view the PDFs. Any idea what's causing this?

Obviously your .pdf file association is with Acrobat, not Adobe Reader.
In Reader Preferences | General, use the Select Default PDF Handler button to set it to Adobe Reader.

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