Acrobat Pro opens lots of files...

Hello,
since a week or so every time i open Acrobat Pro (9.1.3) or double click a pdf Acrobat will open lots of pdfs until the limit of open pdfs is reached - then i get the message, that too many files are open - followed by o.k.. If i click o.k. the message comes up again and again and again... - so i cannot change any setups or even view them.
I reinstalled Acrobat Pro and did the updates - repaired disk permissions - nothing changes. Any idea - please!
(MacBookPro, Intel, lots of RAM..., 10.5.7)
Do i really have to reinstall the whole Package (Creative Suite 4)??? - Will it really change anything???
Greetings

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