I have been delayed in posts, recently I have been a road warrior, not to metion getting stuck and not being able to get home due to Texas snow storms in March!. Today I was at a very large customer and we were demonstrating Adobe Acrobat. The question came up twice in different forms. The question was when I go to open a pdf file it opens in the Free Adobe Reader by default instead of Acrobat. They were working with older versions and depending on the order in which you originally installed the applications it would change the default. In Acrobat 8 and the Adobe Reader 8 it does prompt you and ask you which application do you want to be your default viewer for pdf files. If you have this issue here are the steps to be able easily change it back.
It is an easy process to get your default changed. What you need to do go to your Start - My Computer. From the top menu select Tools - Folder Options as seen below.
After the Folder Options screen opens you want to click on the File Types tab. Scroll down until you see PDF and then click on "Change" and change the option from the Adobe Reader to Adobe Acrobat.
You will know that you are successful if the "Opens with:" shows Adobe Acrobat versus the Adobe Reader.
It took me awhile initially to think of where to change the setting so I hope this helps. This was a very large customer, so I know if they have the question others might to.
Have fun,
Jonathan
