Acrobat 9 keeps re-installing and re-installing

Problem with Adobe Acrobat 9 for CS3 on Vista. It is re-installing at the Start up and then every time I do some basic stuff (delete a file, move a file, right click, etc.) Adobe Acrobat 9 keeps coming up saying it's configuring Acrobat 9 or sometimes it says Installing Acrobat 9.
I have re-installed CS3, but it didn't change anything.
Windows clean up utility didn't help either.
Does any know the solution?
It is so annoying!

YESSSS. Finally! I've clicked cancel so many times within the past few weeks and never found an answer that I was about to just reformat and try it from a fresh install.
tsberry901, Thank you so much for taking the time to post that! ...and also thanks snowangelica for making a post asking
ps - I didn't have to reboot...the fix worked immediately.
tsberry901 wrote:
This is a temporary fix until somebody at Adobe comes up with a "real" fix:
I suspect the problem is with the following file:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenu.dll
Either its registry entry or the file itself is either incompatible or corrupt. (I suspect the problem probably started with Adobe updater. (IE: I suspect when you update Adobe Acrobat 9 to ver 9.2, the installer either installed the wrong file or a corrupted version which is mismatched with the rest of Adobe Acrobat's system files or registry hive.)
The answer is to temporarily disable [Adobe's Context Menu] by downloading a small utility. Here is the URL:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
After downloading the utility, run it and DISABLE "ACROBAT ELEMENTS CONTEXT MENU". Reboot your computer and your problem should be fixed.
I've also attached the utility for those who would rather get it right here.

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