Acrobat X (Part of CS6Master Collection) and Reader XI no longer launch (Win 8)

I was in Acrobat X looking at the "About Acrobat X" info page, when I clicked it to close it and the App closed along with it. I tried to reopen it and for a few seconds, the taskbar icon would "glow" red like it was opening, but then the glow went away and it's not in the list of running processes. A tried to launch Reader and it does the same thing. 
Things I've tried:
Reboot - no success
Double click a PDF - no success
Right click a PDF and choose either app - no success
RIght click and select "Run as Administrator" (Both apps) - no success
Repairing Acrobat (from the control panel - repair completed successfully) - no success
Uninstall and reinstall Reader (using Adobe Cleaner - for Reader only - I don't want to have to reinstall CS6 to replace Acrobat) - no success
Manually downloaded yetserday's update and ran it - no success - the update says it applied but the app won't open, so I can't comfrim it.
Ran the AcroFix from the Acrofix.zip - no success
I'm frankly at a loss, folks. I spend seven days a week in here helping people fix Reader and Acrobat problems and I have no idea what is causing this or how to fix it.
(Edit) ALL of my other CS6 apps run as they always did.
(Edit #2) From the Event Viewer:
The description for Event ID 0 from source AdobeARMservice cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

C F McBlob wrote:
The description for Event ID 0 from source AdobeARMservice cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
Looks like I do not understand what this message means.  But possibly more like a reaction to the failed Acrobat launch than the cause.
In Adobe Reader, one of the causes that may prevent it from launching is Protected Mode.  You know that I have a script that disables Protected Mode for Reader in the registry.
I will try to make one for Acrobat X; give me a few minutes...

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