How can I force Excel hyperlinks to open Acrobat Pro rather than Acrobat Reader?

My Excel (2010) hyperlinks to PDF file always open the Reader...but I want these files to open in Acrobat Pro (X) so I can use all the tools.

Is this possible?

Can I uninstall the reader? Will that force Pro to be the default file opener?

Thanks.

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Open Acrobat -> Click to 'Edit' menu -> Preferences -> General (Category)

Now click on "Select Default PDF Handler" button choose Acrobat X from the drop-down and then click apply.

It will reset Acrobat X as a default viewer and your all link will open in Acrobat then.

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This solution did not work for me. Acrobat Pro DC Version 2015.006.30527 is my default and excel hyperlinks are still opening files in Reader.

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Uninstall Acrobat Reader.

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