Acrobat Reader 11.0.03 causes all programs to open in Reader

I installed 11.0.03 update, and all my other computer programs are being forced to open in Acrobat Reader.  I had to uninstall Reader to be able to open my other programs.  Now I am without a pdf reader.  Any solutions?

It is not clear what you mean other programs opening in Reader. That does not make sense. Just what was the problem. If you install Reader, it is by default the program to open PDF files, but nothing else usually. So it is not clear what you mean. If you wanted a PDF to open in something else you could have selected the default, but apparently that is not an issue since you can no longer open PDFs.
By the way, Reader and Acrobat are not the same problem. The names have not been linked since version 5 when the Reader was referred to as Acrobat Reader and Acrobat alone referred to the program this forum covers -- the paid for product that creates PDFs. So you would have today either Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat. The Adobe can be left off since it is simply the name of the company, not the product.

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