Adobe Acrobat Pro & Reader 9 broken

I downloaded and installed the latest updates yesterday which included Mac OS X 10.6.3. When I tried to open a PDF with Adobe Acrobat Pro 9, it immediately crashes. The same is true for Acrobat Reader 9. I can open PDFs just fine with Preview. However, there are times I need some of the features of Acrobat Pro.
Has anyone else had this problem after the latest update? And fixes or suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

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