Adobe - PDFs Open in Acrobat, not Reader

These steps will fix an issue when Acrobat and Reader are both installed on a machine.   
  1. 1

    Open Adobe Reader

    Click on start menu and find Adobe Reader.  Open Reader.

  2. 2

    Open Preferences

    Click on edit and then preferences to open the preferences setting screen.
  3. 3

    Go to General tab

    Go to General tab and scroll to the bottom.  Uncheck the box that says "Always Open PDF's in Adobe Acrobat DC".  
    Click okay to close.
    Close out of Adobe reader.

  4. 4

    Test opening PDF

    Now test opening a PDF.