PowerPoint Links to PDF files open in Acrobat, not default app

I use several PDF apps (in Windows 11) for different reasons. When I click on PDF file links from MS PowerPoint, the file always opens in Acrobat despite my changing the default PDF app to a non-Acrobat PDF program. The only solution to this is unistalling Acrobat. Then, the links open in the default PDF app, whichever one I choose. Is there another solution, in which I can keep Acrobat installed on my PC, since I use it for other purposes? All of my software is the most recent version . . . newest Acrobat DC, PowerPoint 365, and Windows 11.