Adobe Reader 8 and Vista

Can someone help me figure this out?
I am using Reader 8.1 on a vista pc, and my downloads of music are showing as a pdf through my file sharing program. Therefore I cannot play or burn them, as they dl as a read only file. I cannot uninstall reader because of the security. I cannot change the settings in reader because of security and it says setup file not found, a bunch of numbers and letters, and data 1.cab not found.
Please help!!!
Kim

I don't have Vista, but in XP I have found deleting the printer driver
and re-installing sometimes works.
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