Adobe Reader will not open PDFs

Adobe Reader will not open any PDFs. It will not open any new PDFs, downloaded from online, or old ones that have already downloaded and saved to a file. I have tried to repair Adobe Reader XI and reinstalled the most updated version. When I attempt to open a PDF, it tries to open it in Micrsoft Word, promting a file converstion (that fails).
What I get when I attempt to open or convert pdf to word.
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endobj
98 0 obj
<</DecodeParms<</Columns 5/Predictor 12>>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<02F532C0FE2C5FA8D6E547C5578C3806><36909289970740478B773ACD778 234C4>]/Index[73 43]/Info 72 0 R/Length 125/Prev 440561/Root 74 0 R/Size 116/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream
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That looks like a perfectly good PDF, but since it's trying to open in Microsoft Word, that means your file association for .pdf files is incorrect.  You should change it to point to Adobe Reader instead of Word.
If you are on Windows, see http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-file-open-program#1TC=windows-7

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