Acrobat pro 9 won't open pdf files

Just downloaded trial version of pro 9 for Mac. I tried to install pro 8 and found out that it is not compatible with snow leopard. The uninstall in version 8 is also not compatible with snow leopard. So I had all kinds of trouble uninstalling version 8. This may be the problem. I finally got version 8 off the Mac but the uninstall may not be complete. I installed version 9 and I'm having all the same problems that I did after I installed 8.
The uninstall of version 9 worked and I tried reinstalling it. Still won't open a pfd file. The main problem is that I get the following error when I click on a pdf file.
"The document “5 Chptr 2010.pdf” could not be opened. Acrobat cannot open files in the “Adobe PDF document” format."
What do I need to do to get version 9 to work????
Also when I click on the Acrobat icon in my tray the program does not launch. All I get is the menu bar at the top of my screen. On my windows machine when I open acrobat I get the "wizard" screen that allows me to select what tasks I want to do. And when I try to create a pdf file from a msoffice word document it won't allow me to convert the document. I get the following error message.
"Acrobat could not open 'This is a test document.doc' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).
To create an Adobe PDF document, go to the source application. Then print the document to Adobe PDF or use the Acrobat toolbar found in Microsoft Office applications."
bobrafalovich

Hi rms,
Have you installed Acrobat X and XI Pro both on the same Mac.
Adobe doesn't recommend coexixting different versions of the same software.
Please remove both the versions and install any one of them and then check.
Also make sure you have updated Acrobat to the latest patch.
For 10 it's v 10.1.9 and for 11 it's v11.0.6
Regards,
Rave

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