Dear Dino,

If you haven't already tried it . . .

Download and run the Adobe Reader and Acrobat uninstaller, which is much more thorough than the control_panel/programs repair/uninstall method and intended to fix stubborn Adobe problems:

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/acrobatcleaner.html

Reinstall Adobe and see if that fixes things.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel