Acrobat 8 will not launch

I have a new Dell running XP after launching I get an error:
"Adobe Acrobat Pro cannot be launched at this time. You must launch at least one other suite component(such as Adobe Photoshop) before launching Acrobat 8 pro."
Even if Photoshop is open I still get this error. I click ok and the program closes.
This is very irritating.

There is a good chance that you have previously installed a trial version and when you launch Acrobat it still thinks it is a trial. Uninstall Acrobat from add/remove programs (if it is a seperate entry then you definitely have installed Acrobat as a stand alone and not as part of the Suite) and then reinstall only Acrobat from the first disc of whatever version of the Suite you have.

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