Acrobat X - Crashes in Lion without fail

Acrobat X, without fail, will crash every single time it is launched no matter what, no matter how, within 30 seconds of it opening.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled, cleaned out Libraries and gotten rid of every trace file, and I've run every update on Lion, and Acrobat and nothing solves this problem. The exact same software version works perfectly in Snow Leopard.
I've scoured the internet for information abut this issue to no avail. I did find one thread on the Adobe support forum posted by somebody having the smae issue, but their problem was never resolved, and Adobe has since locked the entire borad because they hate their customers.
Is anybody else having this issue, and are there any workarounds or solutions to this issue? Lion works great in all other respects, but continually working in Acrobat 9 is getting old. Thanks!

It's a bummer that didn't work. The only other thing I can think of is maybe there are still some acrobat files in the library folder... I used an application called AppZapper to uninstall the application initially (don't know much about it, but I thought "what the heck?"), then I went in and looked for anything that seemed anywhere close to an Acrobat file and trashed it.
I found those files in these three main places after uninstalling the program.
/Users/Name/Library/Application Support/Adobe
/Users/Name/Library/Caches
/Users/Name/Library/Preferences
I'm not sure this will help you any... I still don't really understand why it did this in the first place. But in the event you give it another go around, Good Luck!

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    2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area.  If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing.  SMART info will not be reported  on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
    4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
    This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.1.
    If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups, do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.  If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion files.
    I would assume the above may work to downgrade to Leopard by using the Leopard DVD instead of the Snow Leopard one.
    If you purchased Snow Leopard then you should have the DVD. If not, then you might call AppleCare about a replacement or simply repurchase it.

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