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Usually it picks up the last version installed as the default.

Try uninstalling Reader.
Disabling browser integration in the approval preferences
then reinstalling reader

Also, which one is set as the opens with file association for PDF?
That's the one that IE usually grabs.

I did as you suggested; I unselected browser integration in the
Approval preferences, then uninstalled and deleted Reader.  Then I
reinstalled Reader and also changed the file association for .PDF (it
had remained Approval).  Unfortunately it didn't solve the problem.
Curiously, with both Reader and Approval installed, if browser
integration is selected in Reader and unselected in Approval, it
continues to load Approval from IE.  Similarly, (Approval is launched
rather than Reader) if I deselect browser integration in both Approval
and Reader.  Somehow (no doubt in the Registry somewhere) it is reading
the browser integration selection in Reader but still opening Approval
from the browser.  Is there somewhere I can explicitly change the
helper association in IE?

I can continue to use Reader for .PDF files, but only if I open Reader
and explicitly enter the URL.  I can't seem to shake the integration of
Approval and IE despite the fact that I also have Reader installed.

For what it's worth, I solved the problem.  The sequence of events is
very complex and critical, however.

Here are the steps in the correct order:

Uninstall Reader.

Open Approval and unselect browser integration in the preferences.

Uninstall Approval.  No Adobe application will be installed.

Reinstall Reader.

Open Reader as a standalone application (not from the browser).

In Preferences unselect browser integration (it is selected by
default).

Reinstall Approval.

Open Approval from outside the browser and unselect browser
integration.

(At that point when I tried to access .PDFs from the browser it
launched Approval as a separate application, which is not what I
wanted.)

Close the browser.

Open Windows Explorer.

Under Folder Options, File Types change the file association for Adobe
Acrobat Document (.PDF) files.  Change the path and executable to those
for Reader (typically C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
6.0\Reader\AcroRd.exe).

Close Windows Explorer.

Open Regedit and navigate to
MyComputer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Adobe\Acrobat\Exe

Change the path and executable in the entry to reference Reader
(typically C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader\AcroRd.exe).

Open Reader as a standalone application.

Select browser integration in the preferences.

Close Reader.

Reader will then be integrated with the browser and used to access
online .PDF files.  Reader will also be the default application
associated with local .PDF files.  To save forms, Approval needs to be
opened as a standalone application and the appropriate .PDF forms files
opened using File, Open.


Whew! What a PITA, but it now works.