Adobe Reader does not open any PDF when double clicked/hit enter once.

Adobe Reader 11 does not open when I double click/hit enter on a PDF document. I need to hit enter multiple times to open a document once. This ends up creating multiple AcroRd32.exe.
It's very annoying that I need to hit enter multiple times even to open a single PDF file.
This is how my task manager looks, even after closing any opened PDF file.
I've tried re-installing adobe reader multiple times, but same issue recurs again and again.
Please help.
Thanks,
Rahul

It worked. I don't see why the Protected Mode is enabled in the first place, if it were to cause issues.
Anyways, thanks Sabian,

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