Acrobat Pro Won't Open PDF Files

I get this message when trying to click open pdf files in a directory.  These files will open from Acrobat open file menu. Message - The document “SpecSheet_Zip.pdf” could not be opened. Acrobat cannot open files in the “Adobe PDF document” format.  I'm using Mac OS 10.6 and acrobat pro 8.2.5.  Any ideas how to fix would be appreciated.

The same thing happens with pdf files that are not zip files even if saved from Acrobat Pro on my computer.

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