I have Windows 7, the batch file protocol worked for me. Except, like Elaine for Vista, I had to go to ;
Go to Control Panel > Program > Default Programs > Associate a file type or protocol with a program and then select “PDF” extension.
To make it work. One additional note, perhaps Windows 7 only, was that just following the instructions exactly, plus the one addition I mentioned, missed one thing. After I made the batch file I actually re-associated adobe reader with PDF, and now everything is back to normal. I don’t understand how making the batch file and then re-associating reader changed anything at all. Perhaps that was not the intended method? But it works now, that’s all I wanted!
Thanks for the help MODS and friendlies!