Adobe PDFs not opening

I am running a Mac with OSX 10.8.4, with Adobe Reader 11.0.03. Now the PDF's won't open, once they are downloaded and on my desktop. What's up?
--Keith Ludden

What happens when you double-click a PDF? What happens when you just open Reader? If Reader opens, what happens when you try and open a PDF using File>Open? What happens when you try and open a PDF with Mac Preview?
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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:45:23 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Why will PDF not open from email?
How are you guys working your way around the issue for now?
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