Adobe Reader,11.0.04, won't open PDF

I am using an iMac with v10.8.5. Adobe Reader v. 11.0.04 won't open any PDF's. I need help.
Wayne

Do you have one of those PDFs or point me to one. I had a few oddball PDFs that I couldn't open with Adobe Reader, but the built in Preview worked as well as vice versa.
I'd like to know a couple of things:
can you open the PDFs in Preview?
did it work with a previous version of Adobe Reader?

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